Becoming Gay? Immigration Policies and the Truth of Sexual Identity

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1117-1125

  Fassin, Eric ^a   Salcedo, Manuela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

^b School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences   (France)

Author keywords

DSM 5; Homosexuality; Identity; Immigration policies; Sexual migration; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIGRATION; POLITICS; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; POLITICS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84931007930     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-015-0551-z     Document Type: Article

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