'How Do I Know I Am Gay?': Understanding Sexual Orientation, Identity and Behavior Among Adolescents in an LGBT Youth Center.
Current research on sexual minority youth tends to be concentrated in the fields of public health, social work, and psychology with a focus on psycho-social health risks that often rely on sexuality as a fixed unit of analysis. A sociological understanding of the processes that drive an individual t...
| Publicado en: | Sexuality & Culture Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 385 - 405 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2014
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