Disrupting the Norm and Dismantling Normative Social Spaces: Heteronormativity and Gender Normativity in Question

Letitia Smuts; Tshepo B Maake; Josien Reijer

doi:10.25159/2412-8457/16995

Authors

Letitia Smuts University of Johannesburg
Tshepo B Maake University of South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7523-9871
Josien Reijer University of Johannesburg https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2703-9311

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25159/2412-8457/16995

Keywords:

editorial

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