Ireland, the same-sex partnership debate, and the normal sexual citizen

Journal of Bisexuality

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 477-489

  Asher, Rachel ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual theory; Civil partnership; Ireland; Nonheteronormativity; Queer theory; Same sex marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951757921     PISSN: 15299716     EISSN: 15299724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299710903316711     Document Type: Article

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