Teaching intersectional LGBT psychology: Reflections from historically Black and Hispanic-serving universities

Psychology and Sexuality

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-276

  Case, Kim A ^a   Lewis, Michele K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

^b WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

critical liberatory feminist pedagogy; cultural contexts; Hispanic serving institution; historically Black university; intersectional; LGBT psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865441970     PISSN: 19419899     EISSN: 19419902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2012.700030     Document Type: Article

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