A Mental Health Research Perspective on Marital Rights and Civil Marriage for Lesbians and Gay Men

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 136-145

  Kertzner, Robert M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

civil rights; gay men; lesbians; marriage; same sex couples

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859631510     PISSN: 19359705     EISSN: 19359713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19359705.2012.652577     Document Type: Article

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