About the authors:
Dr. Anthony Bush is a lecturer in sports studies, education, and coaching in the Department of Education at the University of Bath, UK. He is a former professional badminton player, coach, and television commentator for Sky Sports, STAR Sports, and ESPN. His research interests include the development of interpretive-critical research methodologies and engaging a cultural studies sensibility with sports coaching research; an ongoing project that democratizes sports coaching research, opening it to critical conversations about social justice, cultural politics, violence, and progressive futures.
Professor Eric Anderson is an American sociologist at the University of Winchester, England. He is known for his research on sport, masculinities, sexualities, and homophobia. His work shows an increasingly positive relationship between gay male athletes and sport, as well as a growing movement of young heterosexual men’s masculinity becoming softer and more inclusive. Professor Anderson also researches matters related to men’s monogamy and the function of cheating, men’s improving recognition of bisexuality, and the increased acceptance of young heterosexual men kissing. For more see his website www.EricAndersonPhD.com
Dr. Sam Carr is a lecturer in the Department of Education at the University of Bath, UK. His research interests are linked to human relationships in the context of sport and physical activity.
ABSTRACT: This research provides the first-ever quantitative account of British university athletes’ attitudes toward having a gay male teammate. We use a four-year longitudinal study to investigate athletes’ attitudes concerning gay men in their sporting spaces. Using questionnaires of 216 male athletes from all university sports offered upon entry (2006), and then again upon exiting the university (2009), we show that attitudinal dispositions of homophobia have decreased from minimal (upon entrance) to non-existent (upon exit). We find that the strength of one’s athletic identity is associated with lesser degrees of support for gay teamsport athletes upon entering the university, but that this effect does not emerge upon exiting. We highlight the study’s results, situating them within inclusive masculinity theory, and discuss how results might vary at other institutions.
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