“We're too afraid of these imaginary tensions”: Student organizing in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender campus communities

Communication Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 499-514

  Meyer, Michaela D E ^a  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 71549150876     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970409388635     Document Type: Article

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