Friendships across sexual orientations: Experiences of bisexual women in early adulthood

Current Research on Bisexuality

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 37-54

  Galupo, M Paz ^a   Sailer, Carin A ^b   St John, Sarah Causey ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bisexual identity; Bisexuality; Friendship; Identity; Lesbianism; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350444858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1300/J159v04n01_04     Document Type: Chapter

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