Support for gay and lesbian civil rights: Development and examination of a new scale

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 462-475

  Brown, Michael J ^a   Henriquez, Ernesto ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Civil rights; Gay men; Homosexuality; Lesbians; Scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CIVIL RIGHTS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LESBIAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CIVIL RIGHTS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953146584     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2011.555664     Document Type: Article

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