Sexual Minority Reflections on the Kinsey Scale and the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid: Conceptualization and Measurement

Journal of Bisexuality

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages 404-432

  Galupo, M Paz ^a   Mitchell, Renae C ^a   Grynkiewicz, Ashley L ^a   Davis, Kyle S ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender binary; Kinsey; Klein; KSOG; sexual minority; sexual orientation binary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918568458     PISSN: 15299716     EISSN: 15299724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2014.929553     Document Type: Article

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