The Role of the Internet in the Sexual Identity Development of Gay and Bisexual Male Adolescents

The Story of Sexual Identity: Narrative Perspectives on the Gay and Lesbian Life Course

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Harper, Gary W ^a   Bruce, Douglas ^a   Serrano, Pedro ^a   Jamil, Omar B ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual men; Gay identity; Gay men; Homosexuality; Male teenagers; Web sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920602085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326789.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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