Heterosexism in Campus Recreational Club Sports: An Exploratory Investigation into Attitudes toward Gay Men and Lesbians

Recreational Sports Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-122

  Anderson, Austin R ^a   Mowatt, Rasul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity; homophobia; sexual identity; sport participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897126754     PISSN: 15588661     EISSN: 1558867X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/rsj.37.2.106     Document Type: Article

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