Articulating a politics of (multiple) identities: LGBT Sexuality and Inclusion in Black Community Life

Du Bois Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 315-334

  Moore, Mignon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Politics; Cross Cutting Issues; Gay Rights; Gay Sexuality; Intraracial Conflict; LGBT; Linked Fate; Racial Group Consciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455232692     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X10000275     Document Type: Article

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