In a revised, updated, and considerably expanded new edition of Sport, Theory and Social
Problems, authors Eric Anderson and Adam White examine how the structure and culture of …

Research on bullying and homophobic bullying has mainly focused on school contexts, with
little research in sports-related contexts. This study used a sample of 88 gay males and 120 …

Association football (soccer) fans are becoming increasingly liberal in their attitudes towards
homosexuality. However, the continued presence of homosexually themed chanting …

Lauren Berlant has argued,'cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an
obstacle to your flourishing'[2011. Cruel Optimism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, p …

One of the debates currently unfolding in the field of critical men and masculinities studies
concerns whether and how men and masculinities are changing. Engaging in critical …

Sport has become an increasingly liberal environment for sexual minorities. This has
resulted in an increase of LGBT athletes (especially gay male athletes) coming out of the …

Eric Anderson is Professor of Sport, Masculinities, and Sexualities at the University of
Winchester. He is an interdisciplinary scholar who studies men's changing masculinities and …

This article is based on the views of 2,663 association football fans, collected via an online
survey from March 2020 to April 2020, regarding the presence of homosexually-themed …

ABSTRACT In December 2013, British Olympic diver Tom Daley announced that he had
begun dating a man but was still attracted to women. In doing so he became the highest …

Sport has traditionally been a hostile environment for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB)
people. More recently, however, research on a range of British sports has documented a …