Tasks in acceptance: Mothers of lesbian daughters

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-29

  Wakeley, Megan D ^a   Tuason, Teresa G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensual qualitative research; Mothers of lesbian daughters; Parenting GLBT; Process of acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551699272     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538720.2010.541027     Document Type: Article

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