The global politics of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human rights: An introduction

Contemporary Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-17

  Kollman, Kelly ^a   Waites, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

equality; human rights; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender; liberation; politics; queer; sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85065381344     PISSN: 13569775     EISSN: 14693631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13569770802674188     Document Type: Article

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