No way am I throwing you out! Adjustments in space and time for parents of gay sons.
The situatedness of the coming out process in space and time shapes the perceptions of parents about what it means to have a gay son. We present a retrospective, qualitative study about coming out narratives of Maltese parents. The study sought to find out whether the initial meanings the parents at...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Family Studies Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 131 - 146 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2021
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