Nonmetropolitan GLBTQ Parents: When and Where Does Their Sexuality Matter?

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 436-456

  Holman, Elizabeth G ^a   Oswald, Ramona F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

GLBTQ issues; identity salience; qualitative research; rural families

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859307011     PISSN: 1550428X     EISSN: 15504298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1550428X.2011.623937     Document Type: Article

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