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Fair play : how LGBT athletes are claiming their rightful place in sports / by Cyd Zeigler.
- Title
- Fair play : how LGBT athletes are claiming their rightful place in sports / by Cyd Zeigler.
- Author
- Zeigler, Cyd.
- Publication
- [Brooklyn] : Edge Of Sports c/o Akashic Books, 2016.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GV708.8 .Z45 2016 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 207 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Discover key moments and issues that have shaped and transformed sports for LGBT people today.
- Subject
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction: Wearing two hats -- John Amaechi and Tim Hardaway's "tipping point" moment -- Young athletes are why there will never be a "gay Jackie Robinson" -- Derrick Gordon and the unintended consequence of the locker room's casual words -- Straight guys look too -- Yes, lots of lesbians play elite sports -- Tony Dungy and "muscular Christians" use the Bible to commit abominations -- Michael Irvin demonstrates the role of straight athletes in a gay movement -- The big lie of the big five -- The rumors and outing that follow guys like Troy Aikman, Aaron Rodgers, and Tim Tebow -- Ahman Green unlocks the media's fear of "the question" -- "He might be a fag, but he's our fag" -- Fallon Fox is the bravest athlete in history -- Conclusion: Courage is contagious.
- ISBN
- 1617754471 (pbk.)
- 9781617754470 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2015954114
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library