Discharged for homosexuality from the Canadian military: Health implications for lesbians

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 496-516

  Poulin, Carmen ^a   Gouliquer, Lynne ^a   Moore, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian military; Heterosexism; Lesbian; LGBT; Workplace discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449393766     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353509342772     Document Type: Article

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