fellow patrons ( Fusco, 2006b ; Sykes, 2011 ). LGBTQ+ is an acronym used to acknowledge lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other communities that do not adhere to cis-heterosexist assumptions ( Griffith et al., 2017 ). “Transgender” is an umbrella term that can be used to describe any
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Shannon S.C. Herrick and Lindsay R. Duncan
these “isms” for people belonging to minority groups in a society that favors the “majority” ( Meyer, 2003 ) or those in positions of power. It is well documented that individuals who belong to LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, etc.) communities experience LGBTQ+-specific minority
Shannon S. C. Herrick and Lindsay R. Duncan
It is well documented that individuals with minority sexual orientations and minority gender identities [ie, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, etc (LGBTQ+)] experience discrimination, stigmatization, and marginalization on a variety of institutional and personal levels. 1 , 2 The
Emily K. Romano, Kyle A. Rich, and Dennis Quesnel
Canada Games. Although St. Catharines does not have the richest history when it comes to accessibility and inclusion, the City has recently made various commitments to increase the profile of their work related to diversity, inclusion, and equity. Efforts including the creation of the LGBTQ2+ Advisory
George B. Cunningham, Risa Isard, and E. Nicole Melton
ideas of athleticism. Opponents of transgender inclusion frequently presuppose that athletes assigned male at birth are better athletes than those assigned female. Even those who claim to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ+) rights and women’s rights in sport
Dunja Antunovic, Ann Pegoraro, Ceyda Mumcu, Kimberly Soltis, Nancy Lough, Katie Lebel, and Nicole M. LaVoi
In the late 2010s and early 2020s, athletes in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) have taken a stand—in many cases a collective, organized position—on issues of racial justice, gender equity, and LGBTQ+ rights ( Cooky & Antunovic, 2022 ; Lavelle, 2019 ; Schmidt et al., 2019
James E. Kaishian and Regina M. Kaishian
al., 2019 ). One study examined the state of mental health of collegiate LGBTQ + SAs, finding risk factors of MHCs in 81.3% of males and 84.8% of females in this subgroup ( Kroshus & Davoren, 2016 ). In the same study, LGBTQ + SAs reported having significantly fewer risk factors of MHCs than LGBTQ
Samantha King
This article offers a review of the sociology of sport research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) subjects with the aim of analyzing the extent to which this work is participating in the mainstreaming of LGBTQ sexual politics. In identifying points of convergence between “homonormativity” (Duggan, 2003) and research in the sociology of sport, the essay highlights the limitations of scholarship that equates visibility and identity with power and legitimacy; argues for studies that critically interrogate, rather than reproduce, White bourgeois normativity; and advocates for writing that is not nationally bound and insular, but rather intimately engaged with the geopolitical urgencies of our time. Based on an overview of five key features of queer theory, the author argues that a more robust queer approach to research on sexuality is required if sociologists of sport are to avoid colluding with the exclusionary discourses that characterize homonormativity.
NATA Cultural Competence Work Group, a collaboration between members of the NATA Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee, LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee and NATA Executive Committee for Education, along with members from the Professional Education Committee and Professional Development Committee, worked
Emily Carol Stets
introduced around 280 anti-LGBTQ proposals, many focused on banning or limiting trans kids’ (particularly trans girls’ and women’s) access to sports teams consistent with their gender identity ( Bailey, 2022 ). Proponents of such proposals weaponize Title IX and gender verification to prohibit trans kids
