Troubling the family: Coming out as lesbian and gay

Families, Relationships and Societies

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-112

  Nordqvist, Petra ^a   Smart, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coming out; Family; Gay; Lesbian

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922633065     PISSN: 20467435     EISSN: 20467443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/204674313X667380     Document Type: Article

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