"Second generation" voices: Queer youth with lesbian/bisexual mothers

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 904-919

  Kuvalanka, Katherine A ^a   Goldberg, Abbie E ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coming out; LGBTQ parents; LGBTQ youth; Qualitative research; Queer identity; Social constructionist

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649171346     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9327-2     Document Type: Article

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