Redefining the self : coming out as lesbian / Laura Markowe.

What experiences do women have when they come to identify themselves as lesbian? What happens when they consider telling family and friends about their sexual identity? This book examines these questions of the basis of interviews with particular individuals and other source materials. Coming out ca...

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Main Author: Markowe, Laura A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK. : Cambridge, MA : Polity Press ; Blackwell Pub., 1996.
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505 0 |a 1. Context and issues -- 2. A reconceptualization of coming out -- 3. Lesbian identity and attitudes towards homosexuality: the background -- 4. A social-psychological framework for coming out -- 5. The context of coming out -- 6. Beginning with 'always' lesbian women ... -- 7. Coming out to self and others -- 8. Lesbians with some heterosexual background -- 9. Therapy for lesbians: some issues -- 10. Summary and conclusions. 
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