Straight allies: Supportive attitudes toward lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals in a college sample

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 67-80

  Stotzer, Rebecca L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude development; Sexual orientation; Sexuality; Straight allies

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149134206     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9508-1     Document Type: Article

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