Closet Talk: The Contemporary Relevance of the Closet in Lesbian and Gay Interaction

Out in Psychology: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 147-171

  Land, Victoria ^a   Kitzinger, Celia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advertisements; Ethnomethodology; Exodus international; Homosexuality; Lesbian and gay interaction

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EID: 84889403463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713099.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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