Factors Associated With Involvement in Nonmetropolitan LGBTQ Organizations: Proximity? Generativity? Minority Stress? Social Location?

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1481-1500

  Paceley, Megan S ^a   Oswald, Ramona Faith ^a   Hardesty, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

bisexual; community involvement; gay; generativity; lesbian; minority stress; proximity; queer; social location; transgender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSUMER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIETIES;

EID: 84905104300     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2014.928582     Document Type: Article

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