Sport organisations continue to place a low priority on addressing the exclusion and
discrimination experienced by LGBTQ+ people (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans …

Diversity and Inclusion in Sport Organizations: A Multilevel Perspective is a comprehensive
introduction to the ways in which people differ—including race, gender, age, mental and …

Winner of the 2018 Early Career Gender Scholar Award from the Sociologists for Women in
Society-South Girls and young women participate in soccer at record levels and the …

High-performance (HP) coaching is a demanding profession. The proportion of woman HP
coaches is reported to be in the range of 8.4–20%. Mental health concerns in elite sports …

The purpose of this study was to understand (a) how participants conceptualized lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) inclusiveness in their athletic departments,(b) the …

Sociologists who have examined the issue of lesbians in American sport in the 1980s and
1990s normally found overt and covert mechanisms of social discrimination. However …

The purpose of this article is to discuss a theory of everyday gendered homophobia as a
way of understanding lesbian coaches' experiences of their profession. I discuss the need to …

Stigmas and incivility are common across all facets of sport, yet empirical examination is
lacking, especially when it comes to women in leadership positions. In intercollegiate …

Women's sport, and perhaps especially women's football, in England has enjoyed much
greater media visibility and support over the past decade. But we still know relatively little …

Despite advances, prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)
individuals continues to plague many areas of sport, including intercollegiate athletics …