Marriage (in)equality: The perspectives of adolescents and emerging adults with lesbian, gay, and bisexual parents

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-52

  Goldberg, Abbie E ^a   Kuvalanka, Katherine A ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Emerging Adults; Gay; Lesbian; Marriage; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855757410     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00876.x     Document Type: Article

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