The intersection of race and bisexuality: A critical overview of the literature and past, present, and future directions of the “borderlands”

Current Research on Bisexuality

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 99-116

  Collins, J Fuji ^a  

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Author keywords

Bisexual; Ethnic minority; Identity development; Race

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EID: 84921559348     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1300/J159v04n01_08     Document Type: Chapter

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