The politics and ethics of lesbian and gay “wedding”; announcements in newspapers

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-28

  Jensen, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment announcements; Ethics; Gay; Journalism; Lesbian; News ideology; Newspaper; Oppression; Same sex commitment ceremonies; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010532848     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646179609361710     Document Type: Article

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