'I never faced up to being gay': Sexual, religious and ethnic identities among British Indian and British Pakistani gay men

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 767-780

  Jaspal, Rusi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Indian; British Pakistani; gay; men; religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84865057054     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.693626     Document Type: Article

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