Striving for Place: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) People

A Companion to African American History

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 412-445

  Battle, Juan J ^a   Bennett, Natalie D A ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lesbians; Racism; Sexual hierarchy; Sexual identities; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890597459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996720.ch26     Document Type: Chapter

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