Where is the 'women's community?' Voices of lesbian, bisexual, and queer women and heterosexual sisters

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 454-472

  Rothblum, Esther ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual community; Lesbian community; Social networks; Women's connection to community

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649511835     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353509355147     Document Type: Article

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