Marriage amendments and lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in the 2006 election

Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-89

  Riggle, Ellen D B ^a   Rostosky, Sharon S ^a   Horne, Sharon G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; LGB; Media; Minority stress; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650529378     PISSN: 15536610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/srsp.2009.6.1.80     Document Type: Article

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