- Title
- The impacts of discriminatory experiences on lesbian, gay and bisexual people in sport
- Creator
- Symons, Caroline.; O’Sullivan, Grant; Polman, Remco
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/197549
- Identifier
- vital:18894
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2016.1251327
- Identifier
- ISSN:1174-5398
- Abstract
- This study examines the nature and impact of sexist and homophobic discrimination experienced by lesbians, gays and bisexuals (LGB) in Australian sporting settings. A mixed methods online survey was utilized to collate participant experiences. The findings suggest that, in sport, participants experienced sexism directly and systemically, and homophobia explicitly and implicitly. Women experienced sexism and homophobia, whilst men reported more homophobic events. The most mentioned impacts of discrimination were negative emotions such as sadness, anger, distress and shame, followed by negative engagement with sport such as disliking sport, or avoiding or leaving sport. The well-recognized benefits of sport such as physical and mental well-being, social connections, enjoyment, positive identity and achievement may be more difficult to realize within this context of significant social stress.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Relation
- Annals of Leisure Research Vol. 20, no. 4 (2017/08/08 2017), p. 467-489
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright Taylor and Francis
- Subject
- Sport; Homophobia; Sexism; Minority stress; Impact; Lesbian; Gay; Bisexuality; 3504 Commercial services; 3508 Tourism
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