'Coming out, again': Boundaries, identities and spaces of belonging

Australian Geographer

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-313

  McLean, Kirsten ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Belonging; Identity change; Lesbian community; Sexual identity; Social space

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ISSUE; HOMOSEXUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 51249115131     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180802270507     Document Type: Article

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