The City as a Single Gay Male Magnet? Gay and Lesbian Geographical Concentration in Sweden

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 739-752

  Wimark, Thomas ^a   Östh, John ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concentration; Gay and lesbian; Internal migration; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER RELATIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOMOSEXUALITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN AREA;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84938317738     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1825     Document Type: Article

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