What's in a name? The personal and political meanings of 'LGBT' for non-heterosexual and transgender youth in Kyrgyzstan.
In this article, we focus on the ways in which non-heterosexual and transgender youth involved with the non-governmental organization 'Labrys' in Kyrgyzstan have begun to demand the protection of their basic civil and human rights on the basis of self-identification as 'LGBT'. This acronym, which st...
| Published in: | Central Asian Survey Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 485 - 500 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2010
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