Eric Anderson is Lecturer on Sociology at Stony Brook University, State University of New York and the author of Trailblazing: The True Story of America's First Openly Gay Track Coach.

• Acknowledgments Introduction OverviewOutline 1. Warming Up The Link between Sport and HomophobiaMethods 2. Sport, Masculinity, and Hegemonic Oppression One Athlete's Story: Dale, High School Football PlayerMasculinity as Hegemonic OppressionMasculine Capital, Orthodox Masculinity, and Hegemonic MasculinityMaintaining Masculinity: Homophobia at WorkHegemonic Masculinity in School CultureProblematizing Sport CultureSporting Hegemony and Gay Athletes 3. The Relationship between Gay Athletes and Sport One Athlete's Story: Aaron, Closeted NHL PlayerThe Relationship between Gay Athletes and SportGay Athletes: Challenging Masculine DominationRepresentation of Gay Athletes in Sport 4. Systems of Masculine Reproduction One Athlete's Story: Terry, Retired Closeted NFL PlayerThe Structure of SportSport as a Near-Total InstitutionSport as a Gender-Segregated InstitutionSport as a Closed-Loop Institution 5. Coming Out in Sport One Athlete's Story: Blake, High School Basketball PlayerFear of Coming OutComing Out in SportFeelings of LiberationReverse Relative DeprivationHomophobic DiscourseThe Evolving Coming Out Story 6. Mitigating Gay Stigma One Athlete's Story: Bob, Collegiate Track StarUsing Masculine Capital to Mitigate the Stigma of Being GayIncreasing Masculine Capital through PerformanceThe Effect of Masculine Capital on Coming OutAdopting All Other Tenets of Orthodox Masculinity 7. Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Resisting a Culture of Gay Athleticism One Athlete's Story: John, High School Basketball PlayerDon't Ask, Don't TellThe Price of Don't Ask, Don't Tell 8. Factors That Influence Acceptance One Team's Story: The Troubadours Cheerleading TeamFactors That Influence Homosexual AcceptanceThe CoachSocial Support NetworksInstitutional AttitudesThe Intersectionality of Race and Coming OutNature and Origin of the SportOther Factors 9. The Center of Masculine Production: Gay Athletes in Professional Sports One Athlete's Story: Steven, Closeted NFL PlayerProfessional SportsThe Relationship between Professional Athletes and HomosexualityProfessional-Sized FearProfessional PressureGay Athletes and the Sport-Media ComplexThe EmployerCracking the Center 10. Doing Something about It Research FindingsFactors in a Positive Coming Out ExperienceHow to Come Out to Your TeamAvoiding the Bisexual TrapAfter Coming OutDealing with Uncomfortable SituationsOn Being Attracted to Your TeammatesWhen Things Don't Go WellThe Importance of ComebacksSpecific Issues for Gay CoachesHandling the Privacy IssueWarming Down Notes References Index SUNY Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations

Eric Anderson is Lecturer on Sociology at Stony Brook University, State University of New York and the author of Trailblazing: The True Story of America's First Openly Gay Track Coach.

• Acknowledgments Introduction OverviewOutline 1. Warming Up The Link between Sport and HomophobiaMethods 2. Sport, Masculinity, and Hegemonic Oppression One Athlete's Story: Dale, High School Football PlayerMasculinity as Hegemonic OppressionMasculine Capital, Orthodox Masculinity, and Hegemonic MasculinityMaintaining Masculinity: Homophobia at WorkHegemonic Masculinity in School CultureProblematizing Sport CultureSporting Hegemony and Gay Athletes 3. The Relationship between Gay Athletes and Sport One Athlete's Story: Aaron, Closeted NHL PlayerThe Relationship between Gay Athletes and SportGay Athletes: Challenging Masculine DominationRepresentation of Gay Athletes in Sport 4. Systems of Masculine Reproduction One Athlete's Story: Terry, Retired Closeted NFL PlayerThe Structure of SportSport as a Near-Total InstitutionSport as a Gender-Segregated InstitutionSport as a Closed-Loop Institution 5. Coming Out in Sport One Athlete's Story: Blake, High School Basketball PlayerFear of Coming OutComing Out in SportFeelings of LiberationReverse Relative DeprivationHomophobic DiscourseThe Evolving Coming Out Story 6. Mitigating Gay Stigma One Athlete's Story: Bob, Collegiate Track StarUsing Masculine Capital to Mitigate the Stigma of Being GayIncreasing Masculine Capital through PerformanceThe Effect of Masculine Capital on Coming OutAdopting All Other Tenets of Orthodox Masculinity 7. Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Resisting a Culture of Gay Athleticism One Athlete's Story: John, High School Basketball PlayerDon't Ask, Don't TellThe Price of Don't Ask, Don't Tell 8. Factors That Influence Acceptance One Team's Story: The Troubadours Cheerleading TeamFactors That Influence Homosexual AcceptanceThe CoachSocial Support NetworksInstitutional AttitudesThe Intersectionality of Race and Coming OutNature and Origin of the SportOther Factors 9. The Center of Masculine Production: Gay Athletes in Professional Sports One Athlete's Story: Steven, Closeted NFL PlayerProfessional SportsThe Relationship between Professional Athletes and HomosexualityProfessional-Sized FearProfessional PressureGay Athletes and the Sport-Media ComplexThe EmployerCracking the Center 10. Doing Something about It Research FindingsFactors in a Positive Coming Out ExperienceHow to Come Out to Your TeamAvoiding the Bisexual TrapAfter Coming OutDealing with Uncomfortable SituationsOn Being Attracted to Your TeammatesWhen Things Don't Go WellThe Importance of ComebacksSpecific Issues for Gay CoachesHandling the Privacy IssueWarming Down Notes References Index SUNY Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations

Eric Anderson is Lecturer on Sociology at Stony Brook University, State University of New York and the author of Trailblazing: The True Story of America's First Openly Gay Track Coach.

• Acknowledgments Introduction OverviewOutline 1. Warming Up The Link between Sport and HomophobiaMethods 2. Sport, Masculinity, and Hegemonic Oppression One Athlete's Story: Dale, High School Football PlayerMasculinity as Hegemonic OppressionMasculine Capital, Orthodox Masculinity, and Hegemonic MasculinityMaintaining Masculinity: Homophobia at WorkHegemonic Masculinity in School CultureProblematizing Sport CultureSporting Hegemony and Gay Athletes 3. The Relationship between Gay Athletes and Sport One Athlete's Story: Aaron, Closeted NHL PlayerThe Relationship between Gay Athletes and SportGay Athletes: Challenging Masculine DominationRepresentation of Gay Athletes in Sport 4. Systems of Masculine Reproduction One Athlete's Story: Terry, Retired Closeted NFL PlayerThe Structure of SportSport as a Near-Total InstitutionSport as a Gender-Segregated InstitutionSport as a Closed-Loop Institution 5. Coming Out in Sport One Athlete's Story: Blake, High School Basketball PlayerFear of Coming OutComing Out in SportFeelings of LiberationReverse Relative DeprivationHomophobic DiscourseThe Evolving Coming Out Story 6. Mitigating Gay Stigma One Athlete's Story: Bob, Collegiate Track StarUsing Masculine Capital to Mitigate the Stigma of Being GayIncreasing Masculine Capital through PerformanceThe Effect of Masculine Capital on Coming OutAdopting All Other Tenets of Orthodox Masculinity 7. Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Resisting a Culture of Gay Athleticism One Athlete's Story: John, High School Basketball PlayerDon't Ask, Don't TellThe Price of Don't Ask, Don't Tell 8. Factors That Influence Acceptance One Team's Story: The Troubadours Cheerleading TeamFactors That Influence Homosexual AcceptanceThe CoachSocial Support NetworksInstitutional AttitudesThe Intersectionality of Race and Coming OutNature and Origin of the SportOther Factors 9. The Center of Masculine Production: Gay Athletes in Professional Sports One Athlete's Story: Steven, Closeted NFL PlayerProfessional SportsThe Relationship between Professional Athletes and HomosexualityProfessional-Sized FearProfessional PressureGay Athletes and the Sport-Media ComplexThe EmployerCracking the Center 10. Doing Something about It Research FindingsFactors in a Positive Coming Out ExperienceHow to Come Out to Your TeamAvoiding the Bisexual TrapAfter Coming OutDealing with Uncomfortable SituationsOn Being Attracted to Your TeammatesWhen Things Don't Go WellThe Importance of ComebacksSpecific Issues for Gay CoachesHandling the Privacy IssueWarming Down Notes References Index SUNY Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations