A small but growg body of rearch has vtigated the experience of gay male athlet “g out” sport, a historilly homophobic environment. In this exploratory se study, the experienc of “Mark,” a male volleyball player who me out prr to a champnship season, were examed g social inty perspective and athletic inty theory as the ameworks for analysis. Data sourc clud terviews wh Mark, terviews wh rmants, and Mark’s social-media posts. A narrative of Mark’s g-out experience was veloped and explored light of the theoretil ameworks, and 2 them emerged om the data: gay athlete as a (dis)qualifier and “It’s not about the skills, ’s about the attu,” which explor Mark’s psychologil velopment and s relatnship wh athletic performance. Implitns and strategi for sport psychology nsultants workg wh gay male athlet are discsed." name="scriptn
Contents:
- GAY VOLLEYBALL PLAYER’S SELF-ACCEPTANCE LED TO EPER BOND WH LLEGE TEAMMAT
- GAY SPORTS LEAGU NYC: ATHLETIC CLUBS FOR EVERY GAY JOCK
- COMG-OUT EXPERIENC OF A GAY MALE VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
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- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- OPENLY GAY NATNAL VOLLEYBALL PLAYER AIMS TO BE ROLE MOL FOR YOUNG ATHLET
GAY VOLLEYBALL PLAYER’S SELF-ACCEPTANCE LED TO EPER BOND WH LLEGE TEAMMAT
I uld hear my neighbour scream hysterilly when our women's volleyball team beat Japan to be crowned Asian Champns last Saturday. It was simply the bt game the tournament, and the long-legged ladi ma the natn and their fans _ a lot of them gay _ proud, pecially me. * gay volleyball players *
Gay volleyball player’s self-acceptance led to eper bond wh llege teammat. “How n you tell when another guy is gay? Francis Universy near Ptsburgh when I me out as gay.
I was hont wh them about what kept me the closet: the homophobic locker room talk, wonrg if people would accept me and not beg able to accept myself. Some part of me always realized that I was gay.
GAY SPORTS LEAGU NYC: ATHLETIC CLUBS FOR EVERY GAY JOCK
Gay sports leagu abound the cy. Whether you're lookg to ski, play basketball or get the pool, there's a fun and iendly club out there for you. * gay volleyball players *
In high school the tim I would hear words and phras like “fag” or “that’s gay” thrown around really ma hard to accept that I was gay. I started to thk, there is nothg wrong wh beg gay. You are gay.
You are gay and that’s a good thg! ” His look of ncern was quickly met wh my words: “I am gay.
I spent my last semter of llege livg my life openly as a gay man and athlete.
COMG-OUT EXPERIENC OF A GAY MALE VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
* gay volleyball players *
It was simply the bt game the tournament, and the long-legged ladi ma the natn and their fans _ a lot of them gay _ proud, pecially me.
Volleyball is somehow one of the most popular sports among gay people. Wh volleyball makg headl everywhere this week, brought back memori of one of the most groundbreakg Thai gay films, The Iron Ladi, or Satree Lek, released 2000.
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When me out 13 years ago, was screened at many film ftivals around the globe, many of them LGBT-orientated, and also played a part bunkg the ia that Thai cema is all about "gays and ghosts" _ a gross generalisatn. Directed by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, The Iron Ladi is based on the te story of a volleyball team om Lampang that prised gay and transgenr members, and only one heterosexual player, that won the Thai Volleyball Natnal Champnship 1996. In the film, we are troduced to each member of the team _ om an open transvte to a baret showgirl, an out gay ary man and a closeted Thai-Che gay, and a straight team pta who is a key character, reprentg the many people who aren't happy to be around gays until he gets to know his teammat better and learns how they stggle to fight for their dreams.
However, was the first film that tackled the genr issue om a different perspective, where gay characters were the centre of the story which allowed them a strong voice.
Sce 2000, there's been a number of betiful and scere LGBT-themed films produced Thailand (though still many others that ntue to explo gay antics as cheap humour), and openly gay and transgenr figur today are much more visible and admired than before. Parya is one of our first gay sports celebri, and people learned to like her not jt bee of her sexualy or the "eccentric" look of a boxer wh red lips and pated fgernails but bee of her skill and ferocy as a fighter.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
The qutn I would like to ask the people is: Will you like them any ls if they are gay?
And n athlet be openly gay and be accepted for who they are?
OPENLY GAY NATNAL VOLLEYBALL PLAYER AIMS TO BE ROLE MOL FOR YOUNG ATHLET
Look at the Amerin basketball player Jason Colls, who April ma history and publicly said he was gay.
"I don't like volleyball bee 's a gay sport". Homophobia asi (that's a whole other n of worms), there's nothg volleyball that I n see beg herently "gay", 's not even a ntact sport. Anyone who's watched the Gay Pri March knows that gay jocks have plenty of lol optns when to fdg LGBT-iendly sports leagu.