Good gay females and babies' daddies: Black lesbian community norms and the acceptability of pregnancy

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 751-765

  Reed, Sarah J ^a   Miller, Robin Lin ^a   Valenti, Maria T ^a   Timm, Tina M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Community; Lesbian; Motherhood; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960265761     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.571291     Document Type: Article

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