Moving "Out," Moving On: Gay Men's Migrations Through the Life Course

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 225-233

  Lewis, Nathaniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gay; identity; life course; migration; queer

Indexed keywords

HOMOSEXUALITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OTTAWA;

EID: 84895918799     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2013.873325     Document Type: Article

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