Queer unions: Same-sex spouses marrying tradition and innovation

Canadian Journal of Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-436

  Green, Adam Isaiah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gay; Heteronormativity; Lesbian; Monogamy; Queer; Same sex marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957990886     PISSN: 03186431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29173/cjs7435     Document Type: Article

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