Gays, Lesbians, and Sports: No Longer on the Sideline

Eric Anderson; Mark McCormack

doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.10216-8

Gays, Lesbians, and Sports: No Longer on the Sideline

Eric Anderson^*, Mark McCormack

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Abstract

High levels of cultural homophobia meant that early research on homophobia in sport did not collect data with sexual minority athletes who were public about their sexuality. However, as homophobia has decreased in Western cultures, there has been a proliferation in research on openly gay athletes. Accordingly, this article investigates the experiences of openly gay male and lesbian athletes in ostensibly heterosexual sports. The authors show that while sport was founded in exclusionary practices, changing cultural norms regarding sexual minorities have extended to sporting cultures.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	656-660
Number of pages	5
Edition	2nd
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080970875
ISBN (Print)	9780080970868
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.10216-8
Publication status	Published - 26 Mar 2015

Keywords

Athletes
Closet
Cultural change
Gay
Heteronormativity
Homohysteria
Homophobia
Inclusion
Lesbian
Sport
Team sport

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