"It Ain't All as Bad as it May Seem": Young Black Lesbians' Responses to Sexual Prejudice

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 703-720

  Reed, Sarah J ^a   Valenti, Maria T ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; Black; heterosexism; identity management; lesbian; sexual prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COGNITION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861440311     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2012.673940     Document Type: Article

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