Perceptions of rural school staff regarding sexual minority students

Journal of LGBT Youth

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 293-309

  O'Connell, Lynn M ^a   Atlas, Jana G ^a   Saunders, Anita L ^b   Philbrick, Rebecca ^c  

^a ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PassWord Community Mentoring   (United States)

^c Simmit School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Homophobia; Rural schools; School change; School climate; School safety; Sexual minorities; Students; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922417107     PISSN: 19361653     EISSN: 19361661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19361653.2010.518534     Document Type: Article

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