College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, USA.
J Homosex. 2011;58(5):626-46. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2011.563662.
Research on sexual identity and sport has revealed a shifting narrative about the experiences of gay men. While some suggest the atmosphere is hostile, others posit that homophobia and sexual prejudice are playing less of a role in gay men's experiences. This research focuses on the experiences of 10 gay men working in professional, collegiate, and club sport, as part of a larger dataset of 37 male and female employees. Five of the men were overtly and publicly out at work, while five were closeted (to varying degrees). This article focuses on three themes for gay men working in sport: 1) the importance of coming out in the workplace; 2) the role of the locker room as a contested terrain, and 3) the disconnect between their experiences at work and their perceptions of the workplace environment as negative or positive. Men in this study were basing their impressions on their total experience in sport (as current and former players, as employees, and as fans). It also suggests that the public "story" of gay men working in sport represents one of two extremes-either the proverbial "horror story," or the extremely positive representation of gay men's experiences. This research suggests that gay men's experiences in sport are more complex and nuanced than the public narrative implies.
关于性身份认同和体育的研究揭示了关于男同性恋者经历的叙述正在发生变化。虽然有人认为这种氛围是敌对的，但也有人认为恐同和性偏见在男同性恋者的经历中所起的作用较小。这项研究关注的是 10 名在专业、大学和俱乐部体育工作的男同性恋者的经历，作为更大的 37 名男性和女性员工数据集的一部分。其中 5 名男性在工作中公开且公开出柜，而 5 名男性则处于隐蔽状态（程度不同）。本文主要探讨了在体育工作的男同性恋者的三个主题：1）在工作场所出柜的重要性；2）更衣室作为有争议的领域的作用；3）他们在工作中的经历与其对工作环境的看法之间的脱节，即消极或积极。本研究中的男性是根据他们在体育领域的总体经历（作为现役和前运动员、员工和球迷）来形成印象的。它还表明，关于在体育领域工作的男同性恋者的公开“故事”代表了两种极端情况之一——要么是众所周知的“恐怖故事”，要么是对男同性恋者经历的极其积极的描述。这项研究表明，男同性恋者在体育领域的经历比公众的叙述所暗示的要复杂和微妙。
