Clinical issues with gay male couples

Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 13-26

  Tunnell, Gil ^a   Greenan, David E ^a  

^a Minuchin Center for the Family   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay identity formation; Gay male couples; Gender acculturation; Homophobia; Male homosexuality; Marginalization; Same sex couples; Short term couple therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006520164     PISSN: 15332691     EISSN: 15332683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J398v03n02_03     Document Type: Article

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