Sexual-minority college women's experiences with discrimination: Relations with identity and collective action

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-164

  Friedman, Carly ^a   Leaper, Campbell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77957922276     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2010.01558.x     Document Type: Article

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