Resilience in Lesbian and gay couples

Couple Resilience: Emerging Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 45-62

  Lev, Arlene Istar ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay; Gay and Lesbian couples; Heteronormativity; Homophobia; Lesbian; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942870353     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9909-6_3     Document Type: Chapter

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