Visibility that demystifies: Gays, gender, and sex on television

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 968-986

  Netzley, Sara Baker ^a  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable; Content analysis; Cultivation; Gay; Gender; Sex; Television

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956336568     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2010.503505     Document Type: Article

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