Gay-straight alliances in high schools: Social predictors of early adoption

Youth and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-130

  Fetner, Tina ^a   Kush, Kristin ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay and lesbian; Gay straight alliances; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649086924     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X07308073     Document Type: Article

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