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LGBT Athletes in the Sports Media
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: Rory Magrath
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-23 - Publisher: Springer

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In recent years, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) athletes have received more media attention than ever before. Declining levels of homophobia acr
Out in Sport
Language: en
Pages: 187
Authors: Eric Anderson
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-12 - Publisher: Routledge

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Research has shown that since the turn of the millennia, matters have rapidly improved for gays and lesbians in sport. Where gay and lesbian athletes were merel
Sports Journalism and Coming Out Stories
Language: en
Pages: 112
Authors: William P. Cassidy
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-28 - Publisher: Springer

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This book examines how sports journalists covered the historic coming out stories of National Basketball Association (NBA) veteran Jason Collins and football Al
Fair Play
Language: en
Pages: 209
Authors: Cyd Zeigler
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-06-07 - Publisher: Akashic Books

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Cyd Zeigler tells the story of how sports have been radically transformed for LGBT athletes in the past four years, for Dave Zirin's Edge of Sports imprint.
Sporting Gender
Language: en
Pages: 339
Authors: Joanna Harper
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-03 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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The Tokyo Olympic Games are likely to feature the first transgender athlete, a topic that will be highly contentious during the competition. But transgender and