"You Have to Validate It": Experiences of Female Sexual Minority Student-Athletes

Austin R Anderson1, Sarah Stokowski2, Chase M L Smith3

  • 1Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA.

Journal of Homosexuality
|October 14, 2021
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