Bisexuality and School Culture: School as a Prime Site for Bi-Intervention

Journal of Bisexuality

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 452-471

  Elia, John P ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary; Binegativity; Biphobia; Bisexuality; Curricular interventions; Extracurricular interventions; Gay straight alliances (GSAs); Gender and sexual hierarchies; Heteronormativity; Invisibility; LG bisexual TQ youth; Queer; School culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650063256     PISSN: 15299716     EISSN: 15299724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2010.521060     Document Type: Article

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