“…And even though speeches in favor of gay inclusion in sports are manifested (KIAN, CLAVIO, VICENT et al, 2011;LUISI, LUISI and GEANA, 2016;CLELAND, MAGRATH and RIAN, 2018), the emphasis is still on tolerance, in which inclusion values expectations of conformity, such as high athletic performance, regulation of female performances and keeping sexuality a secret, from the public sphere to the very interaction with the team (ANDERSON, 2009). Thus, through homophobic discourse, systematic oppression is operated: it is a deployment that uses not only explicit means of language but also subtle means of exclusion, conforming gay athletes and fans to the closet (CAMARGO, 2018;SILVA JÚNIOR, 2018).…”