Older gay, lesbian, and bisexual adults: Tools for age-competent and gay affirmative practice

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 5-29

  Crisp, Catherine ^a   Wayland, Sherrill ^b   Gordon, Theresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bisexual; Cultural competence; Gay; Gay affirmative practice; Lesbian; Older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849119921     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538720802178890     Document Type: Article

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