Racism against the abnormal? The twentieth century Gay Games, biopower and the emergence of homonational sport

Davidson, Judy

doi:10.1080/02614367.2012.723731

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“…To further demonstrate this point, we consider Davidson's (2012Davidson's ( , 2013 important recent investigations into the homonationalism of the Outgames and Gay Games. Foremost, Davidson (2012Davidson ( , 2013 cites the above work of King (2008) and McDonald (2006) as an impetus for her work, suggesting that this reference point and the accompanying absence of particular foci of sport sociology research is still missing.…”

Section: Limited Research On Sport and Queer Sexuality Within The Glomentioning

confidence: 99%

Taking sex off the sidelines: Challenging heteronormativity within ‘Sport in Development’ research

Carney¹,

Chawansky

2014

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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The majority of 'Sport in Development' (SiD) research imparts a heteronormative framework that serves to prevent nuanced understandings of how sexuality and gender matter in programming that aspires to achieve development through/with sport. The authors review existing SiD academic literature and draw on personal work and research experiences within the SiD field to evidence this claim. Three reasons for this heteronormative frame are identified: (1) limited engagement with themes of sexuality within research on international development; (2) few examinations of queer desire and sport in areas of the Global South; and (3) the emphasis on quantitative monitoring and evaluation tools within SiD programming. The authors conclude by offering suggestions on how to challenge the existing heteronormative framework within SiD research.

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Section: Limited Research On Sport and Queer Sexuality Within The Glomentioning

confidence: 99%

Taking sex off the sidelines: Challenging heteronormativity within ‘Sport in Development’ research

Carney¹,

Chawansky

2014

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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“…On this level then, participation in gay sport can be seen as having emancipatory power. The global growth and development of gay sports networks and events, like the Gay Games, have transformed the way gay athletes experience and understand sport (Pronger, 2000;Symons, 2010), although there are some critics (Davidson, 2014;Pronger, 2000;Sykes, 2006) of the role of these events who argue that they do not effectively challenge the prevalent heteronormativity of sport.…”

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The Transgressive Potential of the 2014 Cleveland/Akron Gay Games Legacies

Jarvis¹

2018

Event Management

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) sport events potentially represent a significant transgressive and alternative space in the world of sport. There has been a scarcity of research on the full range of legacies that these types of medium-sized events can have, as previous studies focus on larger mega-sport events like the Olympics and/or economic and infrastructural aspects. This study evaluates the potential sociopolitical and sport legacies of the 2014 Gay Games held in Cleveland/Akron, based on interviews with 29 key stakeholders and complemented with conversations with 46 local residents. It demonstrates a range of positive sociopolitical and sport legacies were cited, although awareness of possible negative legacies and barriers also emerged. The discussions, centered on legacies, show the Games have symbolic significance for both the gay and wider community and accelerated the process of more accepting societal attitudes towards LGBTQ people. The conclusion discusses the somewhat qualified transgressive potential of the Games to challenge wider existing dominant heteronormative values in the local area.

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“…Britain was positioned as an exemplar of lesbian and gay tolerance, educating and civilizing the “backwards” homophobic Other. These narratives can hence be understood as part of a broader notion of homonationalism (eg Davidson ; El‐Tayeb ; Puar ), where lesbian and gay tolerance is seen as a source of national pride and positioned against other seemingly less‐tolerant nations. Here we see a repetition of missionary colonial fantasy of “rescue”.…”

Section: (Neo)imperialism: Britain's Civilizing Mission For Global Gamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Yet it does more than simply distance, as in many of these narratives Britain is clearly positioned as world‐leading, implying that other countries are in need of British intervention to create more “modern” values of diversity of tolerance. This type of reading relies on an interpretation of athletes, visitors and (even) Londoners of African or Islamic Asian origin as “sexually oppressed [ people ] from less enlightened, pre‐modern regimes” (Davidson :17). Here, the liberal Western gay nation is contrasted with the oppressed in a way that perpetuates established distinctions of sex, race, religion and gender, denying the possibility of what Douglas et al () term a “genuinely queer anti‐racist critique” that considers the inseparability of these identity categories.…”

Section: (Neo)imperialism: Britain's Civilizing Mission For Global Gamentioning

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Welcoming the World? Hospitality, Homonationalism, and the London 2012 Olympics

2014

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In an era of intense "entrepreneurial" city marketing, overt attempts to court LGBT consumers and investors have been made not solely through the promotion of lesbian and gay arts festivals, pride celebrations and "specialised" cultural events, but also through "mainstream" mega-events. This paper explores this with reference to London's 2012 Olympics, an event which welcomed LGBT spectators, volunteers and participants through a series of initiatives proclaiming the Games as distinctively "gay friendly". Considering this in the light of queer critiques-particularly those concerning homonationalismwe argue that this marketing of London as sexually diverse relied on the effacement of certain sexual practices and spaces not easily accommodated within normative, Western models of sexual citizenship, tolerance and equality. In conclusion, it is argued that the Olympics represented a moment when particular ideas of sexual cosmopolitanism were deployed to regulate, order and normalise the variegated sexual landscapes of a world city.

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Racism against the abnormal? The twentieth century Gay Games, biopower and the emergence of homonational sport

Cited by 16 publications

References 44 publications

Taking sex off the sidelines: Challenging heteronormativity within ‘Sport in Development’ research

Taking sex off the sidelines: Challenging heteronormativity within ‘Sport in Development’ research

The Transgressive Potential of the 2014 Cleveland/Akron Gay Games Legacies

Welcoming the World? Hospitality, Homonationalism, and the London 2012 Olympics

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