Homophobia and same-sex partnership legislation in Europe

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 356-378

  Takács, Judit ^a   Szalma, Ivett ^b  

^a Institute for Sociology Centre for Social Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Europe; Laws and legislation; Sex and gender issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959938686     PISSN: 20407149     EISSN: 17587093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02610151111150627     Document Type: Article

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