Coming to an asexual identity: Negotiating identity, negotiating desire

Sexualities

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 621-641

  Scherrer, Kristin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asexuality; Lack of desire; LGBTQ identities and communities; Romantic identity; Sexual identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849127354     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460708094269     Document Type: Article

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