Community alienation and its impact on help-seeking behavior among LGBTIQ South Asians in Southern California

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 247-266

  Choudhury, Prajna Paramita ^a   Badhan, Neetu S ^b   Chand, Joyti ^c   Chhugani, Sanjay ^d   Choksey, Rashmi ^d   Husainy, Salman ^d   Lui, Camillia ^e   Wat, Eric C ^f  

^a South Asian Network and Satrang   (United States)

^b Public Defender's Office   (United States)

^c South Asian Network   (United States)

^d Satrang   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Special Service for Groups Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Access and utilization; Bisexual; Discrimination; Gay; Help seeking behavior; Lesbian; Social services; South Asian; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450060968     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538720902772196     Document Type: Article

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