'Coming out tales': Adult sons and daughters' feelings about their gay father's sexual identity

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 4 SPECIAL ISSUE, 2010, Pages 326-337

  Tasker, Fiona ^a   Barrett, Helen ^a   de Simone, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coming out; Gay fathers; Qualitative; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650800482     PISSN: 0814723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/anft.31.4.326     Document Type: Article

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