Caudwell Jayne
Department of Social Sciences and Social Work, Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom.
Front Sociol. 2020 Sep 3;5:64. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2020.00064. eCollection 2020.
This paper draws from the findings of research that was initiated as a consequence of previous research activities related to University-LGBT community physical activity projects (2012-2018). Specifically, the research underpinning this paper centers transgender and non-binary experiences of recreational swimming and aquatic activity (2017-2020). To date, the research has received small amounts of funding from four sources and resulted in two public engagement activities (two art exhibitions). The findings that inform the discussion are taken from nine semi-structured interviews, three focus groups including a professionally drawn illustration of two of these focus groups, and sixty-three research participant's "drawings" as well as informal conversations with eight stakeholders. The findings concern transgender and non-binary people's feelings of un/safety in the public spaces of an indoor swimming pool and the accompanying display of their embodied self. These two elements of un/safety-spatiality and embodiment-are critically discussed in relation to physical activity and in/equality. In this way, the work contributes to sustained University-LGBT community links and provides possibility for evidenced-based intervention to address inequality.
本文借鉴了一项研究的结果，该研究是先前与大学- LGBT社区体育活动项目相关的研究活动（2012 - 2018年）的成果。具体而言，支撑本文的研究聚焦于跨性别者和非二元性别者在休闲游泳和水上活动方面的经历（2017 - 2020年）。迄今为止，该研究已从四个来源获得少量资金，并开展了两项公众参与活动（两次艺术展览）。为讨论提供依据的研究结果来自九次半结构化访谈、三个焦点小组（其中两个焦点小组有专业绘制的插图）、六十三名研究参与者的“绘图”以及与八位利益相关者的非正式交谈。研究结果涉及跨性别者和非二元性别者在室内游泳池公共空间中的安全感/不安全感以及他们身体自我的呈现。安全感/不安全感的这两个要素——空间性和身体呈现——在体育活动和平等/不平等方面得到了批判性讨论。通过这种方式，该研究有助于维持大学与LGBT社区的联系，并为基于证据的干预措施以解决不平等问题提供了可能性。
