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LGBT Athletes in the Sports Media

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Editors:
  1. Rory Magrath

    1. Solent University, Southampton, UK

  • Provides the first-ever comprehensive academic overview of LGBT athletes in the sports media
  • Draws upon work from a wide range of established and emerging international scholars
  • Combines studies of gender and sexuality with that of the sports media

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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 across the Western world has facilitated a greater acceptance of LGBT athletes among heterosexual teammates, fans, and the sports media. Consequently, academic interest in sport, gender and sexuality has also increased substantially. This edited collection combines studies of gender and sexuality with that of the sports media to provide the first-ever comprehensive academic overview of LGBT athletes in the sports media. It draws upon work from a wide range of international scholars to provide an interdisciplinary analysis of improved media coverage of LGBT athletes, as well as the numerous issues and barriers which continue to exist.

LGBT Athletes in the Sports Media will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, media studies, and gender studies.


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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. LGBT Athletes, Changing Social Contexts, and the ‘Sports Media’

    • Rory Magrath
    Pages 1-26

  3. Perception Versus Reality: Gay Male American Athletes and Coming-out Stories from Outsports.com

    • Luis Morales, Adam J. White
    Pages 27-50

  4. Lesbian Athletes in the Sports Media: Ambivalence, Scrutiny and Invisibility

    • Rachael Bullingham, Verity Postlethwaite
    Pages 51-74

  5. Traditional and Contemporary Methods of Coming Out in Sport

    • Peter Stott
    Pages 75-98

  6. Out of the Frame: How Sports Media Shapes Trans Narratives

    • Cathryn B. Lucas, Kristine E. Newhall
    Pages 99-124

  7. Britain’s First Openly Gay Football Referee: The Story of Ryan Atkin

    • Jamie Cleland
    Pages 125-146

  8. Gender and Sexual Relations in British Sports Broadcasting: Beyond Clare Balding

    • Philippa Velija
    Pages 147-167

  9. England Women’s 2015 FIFA World Cup Campaign: Online Media Perspectives

    • Tracey Bourne, Charlie Pitkin
    Pages 169-188

  10. Conner Mertens and the Muted Media Coverage of the First Openly Bisexual NCAA American Football Player

    • M. F. Ogilvie, Mark McCormack
    Pages 189-206

  11. Media Framing of Transgender Athletes: Contradictions and Paradoxes in Coverage of MMA Fighter Fallon Fox

    • Adam Love
    Pages 207-225

  12. Sports Journalism and LGBT Issues: Defining Events and Evolving Coverage

    • William P. Cassidy
    Pages 227-251

  13. The Success of LGBT Athletes in the Sports Media

    • Edward (Ted) M. Kian
    Pages 253-275

  14. Lingering Questions: Postulating the Future of the Out LGBT Athlete in Modern Media

    • Andrew C. Billings, Leigh M. Moscowitz, Zachary W. Arth
    Pages 277-292

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 293-295
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Solent University, Southampton, UK

    Rory Magrath

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Rory Magrath is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sport, Health and Social Sciences, Southampton Solent University, UK


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