Sexual minorities in sports : prejudice at play / edited by Melanie L. Sartore-Baldwin.

Contributor(s):

Sartore-Baldwin, Melanie L

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2013Description: 1 online resource (v, 171 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781626370944
162637094X

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sexual minorities in sportsDDC classification:

306.4/83 23

LOC classification:

GV706.5 .S49 2013eb

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Contents:

Gender, Sexuality, and Prejudice in Sport / Melanie L. Sartore-Baldwin -- Women and the Lesbian Stigma / E. Nicole Melton -- Men, Masculinities, and Sexualities / Eric Anderson, Mark McCormack, and Matt Ripley -- Transsexual and Intersex Athletes / Erin E. Buzuvis -- Taking Account of Race / Nefertiti A. Walker -- The Gay Games / Caroline Symons -- Reducing Sexual Prejudice / George B. Cunningham -- What's Next? / Melanie L. Sartore-Baldwin.

Summary: "Eight chapters, presented by Sartore-Baldwin (kinesiology, East Carolina U.), explore the complex relationships between gender, sexual orientation, and sport. Contributors examine the lesbian stigma in sport, the evolution of homophobic language in the sport context as it relates to changing attitudes, policy issues concerning transsexual and intersex athletes, the multiple minority status of African American sexual minorities, the evolution of the Gay Games as a site where diversity and unity are valued, and the benefits of sexual orientation diversity within sports organizations."--Provided by publisher

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-159) and index.

"Eight chapters, presented by Sartore-Baldwin (kinesiology, East Carolina U.), explore the complex relationships between gender, sexual orientation, and sport. Contributors examine the lesbian stigma in sport, the evolution of homophobic language in the sport context as it relates to changing attitudes, policy issues concerning transsexual and intersex athletes, the multiple minority status of African American sexual minorities, the evolution of the Gay Games as a site where diversity and unity are valued, and the benefits of sexual orientation diversity within sports organizations."--Provided by publisher

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