Growing Old as a Gay Man: Psychosocial Well-Being of a Sexual Minority

Research on Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 275-295

  Lyons, Anthony ^a   Pitts, Marian ^a   Grierson, Jeffrey ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ageing; aging; gay men; health; men who have sex with men; minority; psychosocial well being; self esteem; stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875677795     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027512445055     Document Type: Article

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