On the door-step of equality: Attitudes toward gay athletes among academy-level footballers

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 804-821

  Magrath, Rory ^a   Anderson, Eric ^a   Roberts, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

football; gay athletes; homophobia; inclusive masculinity; masculinity; soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945124900     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690213495747     Document Type: Article

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