Sexism, heterosexism, and attributions about undesirable behavior in children of gay, Lesbian, and heterosexual parents

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 457-483

  Massey, Sean ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Gay; Heterosexism; Homophobia; Lesbian; Modern heterosexism; Same sex parenting; Scale; Sexual prejudice; Vignette

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449161649     PISSN: 1550428X     EISSN: 15504298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J461v03n04_05     Document Type: Article

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