Sport and Sexuality: Athletic Participation by Sexual Minority and Sexual Majority Adolescents in the U.S.

Sex Roles

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-31

  Zipp, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Sexuality; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650934182     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9865-4     Document Type: Article

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