Identity, refugeeness, belonging: Experiences of sexual minority refugees in Canada

Canadian Review of Sociology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-274

  Lee, Edward Ou Jin ^a   Brotman, Shari ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CIVIL RIGHTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

CIVIL RIGHTS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; ONTARIO; PREJUDICE; QUEBEC; REFUGEES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 80051924696     PISSN: 17556171     EISSN: 1755618X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618X.2011.01265.x     Document Type: Article

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