Hearing the voices of lesbian women having children

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 93-108

  Wall, Misty ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homophobia; Lesbian; Lesbian parenting; Motherhood; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751488069     PISSN: 1550428X     EISSN: 15504298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1550428X.2011.537231     Document Type: Article

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