Exploring the relationship between homosexuality and sport among the teammates of a small, Midwestern Catholic college soccer team

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-363

  Adams, Adi ^a   Anderson, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Coming out; Gay athlete; Homosexuality; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860806001     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2011.608938     Document Type: Article

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