‘It seems really inclusive in some ways, but … inclusive just for people who identify as lesbian’: discourses of gender and sexuality in a lesbian‐identified football club

Drury, Scarlett

doi:10.1080/14660970.2011.568108

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“…One of the consequences of viewing women as a homogeneous target group in policy is a failure to recognise the barriers, challenges and opportunities that different kinds of women experience. In recent years, researchers in sport and physical activity have begun to consider the intersections of gender with other identity markers and the influence on experiences (for example gender and disability (Stride & Fitzgerald, 2012), gender and sexuality (Drury, 2011), and gender and ethnicity (Stride, 2016). What appears to be less researched is how different age groups of women experience physical activity.…”

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‘Last goal wins’: re/engaging women of a ‘forgotten’ age through football?

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Drury

Fitzgerald

2018

Sport, Education and Society

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This paper explores the physical activity experiences of a group of women based in England, and who are over the age of 30. This particular age group represent a 'forgotten' age, that is, they are largely ignored in academic scholarship, policy and physical activity provision. The paper explores how this group of women 're/engaged' in physical activity after a sustained period of inactivity. The study is situated in a weekly football initiative (Monday Night Footy) based in the north of England, managed and organised by a group of women for women to train and play five-aside football. Data were generated through semi-structured interviews and the use of photo-biographical boards with 11 women, all of whom are regular participants to the football sessions. We use a middle ground feminist lens and Archer's notion of 'fr/agility' to help make sense of the women's experiences. From these women's stories three key findings emerge: (a) Biographies of (in)activitythe ways in which relationships with physical activity can be characterised by fractures and fissures despite seemingly positive early physical activity experiences; (b) Pathways of re/engagementthe motives and enablers to these women once again participating in physical activity after a sustained absence; and (c) Monday Night Footy as a space for re/engagementthe ways in which this context contributes to these women's continued involvement in football and broader physical activity. The paper concludes by offering policy makers and physical activity providers some recommendations alongside considerations for future research.

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‘Last goal wins’: re/engaging women of a ‘forgotten’ age through football?

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2018

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“…The call for the creation of gay sporting space was the result either that gay men and women had been made to feel unwelcomed or they had self-excluded themselves from mainstream sport (Matthews and Channon 2019). Thus gay sports teams were created to challenge to heteronormativity of traditional sporting spaces with the creation of a 'gay sports spaces' (Caudwell 2007;Drury 2011Drury 2019Whitehouse 2019 ). Additionally, Ferez et al (2006) and Price and Parker (2003) found that the creation of gay clubs provide additional options from the gay bar/club scene or LGBT political causes which has typically been the nucleus of the LGBT community.…”

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A want or a need? Exploring the role of grassroots gay rugby teams in the context of inclusive masculinity

Gaston

Dixon

2019

Journal of Gender Studies

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A want or a need? Exploring the role of grassroots gay rugby teams in the context of inclusive masculinity There is a long history of researching the ways that the roles and conceptualisations of gender and sexuality are entwined within sport (Anderson 2005, 2011b). More recently, there has been an argument within sociology that homophobia is decreasing across Western sports, supposedly reflecting a decline of homophobia across society more generally and crucially, in a way that suggests cultural spaces have been opened up in which 'inclusive' conceptualisations of masculinity can be performed (Anderson, 2009, 2011, 2012). This project adds to these debates, by bringing inclusive masculinity theory into conversation with research that has begun to recognise the plurality of (particularly urban) gay spaces for the first time (Ghaziani, 2019). It does so by exploring the motivations behind gay men joining (what was at the time of writing), the most recently formed grassroots UK gay rugby team. The findings suggest that whilst players recognise more inclusive masculinities and a decline in homophobia across society more generally, it is in actual fact amongst the gay community itself that difficulties arise. Playing rugby in a gay-friendly team not only offers a safe space to perform inclusive masculinities, but to embody a more inclusive range of homosexualities as well. footballers wore rainbow laces in support of a campaign seeking to 'kick homophobia' out of football. In America, Major League Baseball teams, the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels promote LGBT+ issues through hosting 'Pride' events and public support for LGBT+ equality. In 2018, the New York Yankees announced the creation of the 'Yankee-Stonewall Scholarship Initiative 'providing $50,000 in academic scholarships to LGBTQ+ students. In addition, there has been an increase of high-profile heterosexual sportsmen such as rugby

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“…Griffin (1998) denotes the hostile climate as one in which lesbian participation in sport is not just disapproved of, but completely forbidden. However, the hostility goes beyond simple secrecy surrounding lesbianism, but one where lesbians are actually blamed for issues within sport (Griffin, 1998), which creates problems for all women, as both homophobic and sexist attitudes are left unchallenged (Drury, 2011). Within a hostile environment in sport, lesbian women may fear coming out and, therefore, lesbian athletes keep their identity secret, ensuring that they 'maintain deep cover at all times' (Griffin, 1998, p. 253).…”

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The changing nature of lesbian athletes coming out in competitive organised team sports

Bullingham¹

2018

The Exercising Female

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‘It seems really inclusive in some ways, but … inclusive just for people who identify as lesbian’: discourses of gender and sexuality in a lesbian‐identified football club

Cited by 29 publications

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‘Last goal wins’: re/engaging women of a ‘forgotten’ age through football?

‘Last goal wins’: re/engaging women of a ‘forgotten’ age through football?

A want or a need? Exploring the role of grassroots gay rugby teams in the context of inclusive masculinity

The changing nature of lesbian athletes coming out in competitive organised team sports

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