Insider activists: The fraught possibilities of LGBT activisms from within

Geoforum

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 253-262

  Browne, Kath ^a   Bakshi, Leela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activism; Gender identities; Partnership working; Queer; Sexuality; Social policy; Urban

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ISSUE; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL POLICY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84884711582     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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