Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Creating a Positive Climate for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youths

Creating a Positive Climate for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youths Creating a Positive Climate for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youths Heather Barber Vikki Krane heryl Swoopes, John Amae- the fear is not irrational, but that it decreases the likelihood that they Schi, Rosie Jones, Billy Bean, is learned from parents and peers, will be lifelong participants. In ad- and Amelie Mauresmo are lesbian and teachers and coaches, as well dition, suicide is a leading cause and gay professional athletes as from the environment in which of death among adolescents and who have “come out” in recent individuals interact daily. If homo- young adults, and it is estimated years. Seemingly, they faced negativism is learned, then it can that LGBT youths are over two little discrimination and received be unlearned or, better yet, never times more likely to attempt sui- much support as a result of their learned. If physical activity and cide than their straight peers (Rus- coming out. The sport world ap- sport environments are perceived sell & Joyner, 2001). pears to have become more open as homonegative, we can and If these fi rst two reasons and accepting of gay and lesbian need to actively work to change fail to convince teachers and athletes. However, there http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Physical Education Recreation & Dance Taylor & Francis

Creating a Positive Climate for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youths

Download PDF
3 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/taylor-francis/creating-a-positive-climate-for-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-hRJqywCIsE

References (12)

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
ISSN
2168-3816
eISSN
0730-3084
DOI
10.1080/07303084.2007.10598047
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Creating a Positive Climate for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youths Heather Barber Vikki Krane heryl Swoopes, John Amae- the fear is not irrational, but that it decreases the likelihood that they Schi, Rosie Jones, Billy Bean, is learned from parents and peers, will be lifelong participants. In ad- and Amelie Mauresmo are lesbian and teachers and coaches, as well dition, suicide is a leading cause and gay professional athletes as from the environment in which of death among adolescents and who have “come out” in recent individuals interact daily. If homo- young adults, and it is estimated years. Seemingly, they faced negativism is learned, then it can that LGBT youths are over two little discrimination and received be unlearned or, better yet, never times more likely to attempt sui- much support as a result of their learned. If physical activity and cide than their straight peers (Rus- coming out. The sport world ap- sport environments are perceived sell & Joyner, 2001). pears to have become more open as homonegative, we can and If these fi rst two reasons and accepting of gay and lesbian need to actively work to change fail to convince teachers and athletes. However, there

Journal

Journal of Physical Education Recreation & Dance – Taylor & Francis

Published: Sep 1, 2007

There are no references for this article.