Place matters: LGB families in community context

LGBT-Parent Families: Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 193-208

  Oswald, Ramona Faith ^a   Holman, Elizabeth Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84956602819     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4556-2_13     Document Type: Chapter

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