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Gender, sexuality and home: young non-heterosexual women and their experiences in domestic space rooms in a medium-sized city in Catalonia

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Pages 1639-1661 | Received 08 Sep 2021, Accepted 01 Jun 2022, Published online: 01 Jul 2022

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