The winner of the first Federation of Gay Games Legacy Award for Academic Scholarship and Research is Caroline Symons, PhD, a senior lecturer at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. Symons has carried out extensive research on LGBT sport and has been a leader in many campaigns against homophobia in sport. Her landmark book on the history of the Gay Games, based on her PhD thesis and entitled The Gay Games: A History, will be published in December 2009.
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Monday, September 21, 2009
Gay Games Legacy Awards to be awarded at 2009 Annual Meeting: Caroline Symons
The winner of the first Federation of Gay Games Legacy Award for Academic Scholarship and Research is Caroline Symons, PhD, a senior lecturer at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. Symons has carried out extensive research on LGBT sport and has been a leader in many campaigns against homophobia in sport. Her landmark book on the history of the Gay Games, based on her PhD thesis and entitled The Gay Games: A History, will be published in December 2009.
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