‘I’d much rather have sexual intimacy as opposed to sex’: Young Australian gay men, sex, relationships and monogamy

Sexualities

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 798-816

  Duncan, Duane ^a   Prestage, Garrett ^b   Grierson, Jeffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homonormativity; intimacy; monogamy; relationships; young gay men

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942097173     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460714557664     Document Type: Article

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