NASSS 2018 Conference - Vancouver

Now That They’re Out: experiences of openly LGBQ players and their teammatesUsing survey methodology we examine the experience of ‘out’ collegiate LGBQ athletes, and those who have played with them, in order to better understand the actualized experience of LGBQ athletes. The... Read More →

Transgender Student Athletes:  Legal and Social ImpactsThe National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) ranked transgender policies for athletic programs as number seven on the top ten legal issues impacting school athletic programs (Green, 2015).  A transgender... Read More →

Session: LGBTQI and Sporting CultureDisco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park: The Implications for Race, Sexual Orientation and the Future of BaseballDisco Demolition Night was an ill-fated baseball promotion in July of 1979 at Comiskey Park after the first game of White Sox/Twins... Read More →

Meta-Analysis of Media Coverage of Gay Professional Teamsport Athletes Since Jason CollinsIn April 2013, Jason Collins became the first active athlete in one of North America’s “Big 4” men’s professional teamsport leagues to come out as gay. In February 2014, Collins was the... Read More →

Now That They’re Out: experiences of openly LGBQ players and their teammatesUsing survey methodology we examine the experience of ‘out’ collegiate LGBQ athletes, and those who have played with them, in order to better understand the actualized experience of LGBQ athletes. The... Read More →

"We are the warriors who built this town": #VegasStrong, Sport, and the Cultural Politics of Civic IdentityOn October 10, 2017, the expansion Las Vegas Golden Knights raised the curtain on their inaugural home opener in the National Hockey League with a 5-2 victory over the Arizona... Read More →

Now That They’re Out: experiences of openly LGBQ players and their teammatesUsing survey methodology we examine the experience of ‘out’ collegiate LGBQ athletes, and those who have played with them, in order to better understand the actualized experience of LGBQ athletes. The... Read More →

Session: LGBTQI and Sporting CultureDisco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park: The Implications for Race, Sexual Orientation and the Future of BaseballDisco Demolition Night was an ill-fated baseball promotion in July of 1979 at Comiskey Park after the first game of White Sox/Twins... Read More →