The age of the "post-mo"? Toronto's gay village and a new generation

Geoforum

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 243-252

  Nash, Catherine J ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gay villages; Homonormativity; Lesbian; LGBT; Post gay; Queer

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; GENDER IDENTITY; INNER CITY AREA; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VILLAGE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84884708760     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.11.023     Document Type: Article

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