Butch/femme in the personal advertisements of lesbians

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-51

  Smith, Christine A ^a   Stillman, Shannon ^b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD   (United States)

^b LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Butch; Dating; Femme; Lesbian; Personal ads

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950459539     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J155v06n01_05     Document Type: Article

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