Historically, people within the LGBT community have faced drastic prejudice and discrimination in the workplace. \u00a0While it has gotten better over the years, it has not changed \u00a0however in collegiate and pro sports. Using the Syracuse Library, I have found an article entitled “Between Homohysteria and Inclusivity: Tolerance Towards Sexual Diversity in Sport,” talking about diversity in sports and specifically sexual diversity. It was published in 2018 by Joaquin Piedra, Rafael Garcia-Parez and Alexander G. Channon. The article states how sports have always been an area of male dominance where gender and sexual diversity has been obscured. Leaving it harder for women and people in the LGBT community harder to get into the field and ultimately\u00a0play play at the pro level. Many individuals have been told at a young age that sports wasn’t for them due to them being LGBT. Studies have shown a wide range of types of discrimination with people not fitting these stereotypes and forced to be silent under the weight of heteronormativity and straight up discrimination. However, research has shown that that some women who “came out” on team showed manifold positive effects on not only the team, but the individuals as well. \u00a0Homohysteria helps to explain how gendered patterns of behavior, both within and outside of sport settings, play out in relation to shifting levels of homophobia. The article goes further in explaining what this means and how they studied it. how they studied this, and the rustles it had.<\/p>\n
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Historically, people within the LGBT community have faced drastic prejudice and discrimination in the workplace. \u00a0While it has gotten better over the years, it has not changed \u00a0however in collegiate and pro sports. Using the Syracuse Library, I have found an article entitled “Between Homohysteria and Inclusivity: Tolerance Towards Sexual Diversity in Sport,” talking about … <\/p>\n