Future Research Directions on "The Closet" As Metaphor and Reality

Overview

Journal Arch Sex Behav

Specialties Psychiatry
Social Sciences

Date 2023 Jun 12

PMID 37308602

Authors

John E Pachankis

Skyler D Jackson

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Citing Articles

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PMID: 37410349 PMC: 11864874. DOI: 10.1007/s10964-023-01818-2.

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