Tracing lines of horizontal hostility: How sex workers and gay activists battled for space, voice, and belonging in Vancouver, 1975-1985

Sexualities

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 604-621

  Ross, Becki ^a   Sullivan, Rachael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citizenship; gay rights activism; neo liberalism; sex work; sexual shame; urban renewal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866713542     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460712446121     Document Type: Article

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