Sexual/gender minorities in Thailand: Identities, challenges, and voluntary-sector counseling

Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 4-34

  Ojanen, Timo T ^a  

^a ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Gay; Lesbian; Multicultural; Psychiatry; Psychology; Ttransgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650132724     PISSN: 15536610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/srsp.2009.6.2.4     Document Type: Article

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