LGBTQQ youth creating change: Developing allies against bullying through performance and dialogue

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1576-1586

  Wernick, Laura J ^a   Dessel, Adrienne B ^b   Kulick, Alex ^b   Graham, Louis F ^c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allyhood; Bullying; Dialogue; LGBTQQ; Theater; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880344300     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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