The religious affiliation of gay, lesbian, bisexual transgender and intersex Australians: A report from the private lives survey

People and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Couch, Murray ^a   Mulcare, Hunter ^a   Pitts, Marian ^a   Smith, Anthony ^a   Mitchell, Anne ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRISTIANITY; GENDER ISSUE; HOMOSEXUALITY; RELIGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 44249101432     PISSN: 10394788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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