The negotiation of closetable identities: A narrative analysis of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered queer jewish identity

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 829-847

  Faulkner, Sandra L ^a   Hecht, Michael L ^b  

^a Department of Communication ^*  (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication theory of identity (CTI); identity; lesbian bisexual gay transgendered queer (LBGTQ); qualitative methods; self disclosure; sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052435158     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407510391338     Document Type: Article

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