Who’s on the playing field?: a journalistic series about homosexuality in sports Public Deposited
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- March 22, 2019
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Conlin, Brian
- Affiliation: Hussman School of Journalism and Media
- Abstract
- The number of openly gay and lesbian athletes has boomed since the 1980s. The Gay Games is one example of this. The first Gay Games in 1982 had 1,300 participants. By 1994, the Gay Games drew 11,000 participants. In three articles, this master's thesis examines various aspects of gays and lesbians in sports. The first article covers the Gay Games. It includes information about its supporters and protestors, a brief history and a look ahead to the upcoming Gay Games and beyond. The second article profiles a rugby player on the Carolina Kodiaks, one of two gay rugby teams in North Carolina. The third article examines how journalists, especially those in sports departments, cover LGBT issues. The thesis aims to explore the issues of the gay and lesbian community as they pursue sports and to show that LGBT issues in sport will become more important as society becomes more tolerant.
- Date of publication
- May 2010
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- In Copyright
- Advisor
- Yopp, Jan Johnson
- Language
- Access
- Open access
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