A mark that is no mark? Queer women and violence in HIV discourse

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-43

  Logie, Carmen H ^a,b   Gibson, Margaret F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

female sexuality; HIV AIDS; LGBT; sexual risk; sexual violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LESBIANISM; RESEARCH; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL STIGMA; VIOLENCE;

BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; RESEARCH; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL STIGMA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84871125326     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.738430     Document Type: Article

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