Same-sex marriage in Canada: The impact of legal marriage on the first cohort of gay and lesbian Canadians to wed

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 79-90

  MacIntosh, Heather ^a   Reissing, Elke D ^a   Andruff, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 78650161449     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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