A defining moment in civil rights history? The employment non-discrimination act, trans-inclusion, and homonormativity

Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 155-167

  Vitulli, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Congress; Gay; Gender identity; Lesbian; LGBT; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149466953     PISSN: 18689884     EISSN: 15536610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13178-010-0015-0     Document Type: Article

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