Biological determinism and LGBT tolerance: A quantitative exploration of biopolitical beliefs

Western Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 367-379

  Dunn, Kathleen ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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