Writing our own script: How bisexual men and their heterosexual wives maintain their marriages after disclosure

Journal of Bisexuality

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 155-189

  Buxton, Amity Pierce ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual husbands; Bisexuality; Heterosexual wives of bisexual gay men; Mixed orientation marriages

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016279614     PISSN: 15299716     EISSN: 15299724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J159v01n02_06     Document Type: Article

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