The new politics of sport

Cashmore, Ellis; Dixon, Kevin; Cleland, Jamie

doi:10.1080/17430437.2023.2170786

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“…As debates around policy continue across sport, trans issues in sport are increasingly reported in popular media (Cashmore et al, 2019;Thorpe et al, 2023), and cycling has also been prominent in this context. This is especially so with Austin Killip recently becoming the first transgender athlete to win a UCI women's stage race at the Tour of the Gila in New Mexico (BBC Sport, 2023a, 2023b, which has triggered the UCI to 're-open consultation' on its transgender policy (BBC Sport, 2023a, 2023b.…”

Section: Cycling and Lgbt Athletesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drafting behind LGB: Transgender athletes in the sport of cycling

Hardwicke

Roberts

Anderson

et al. 2023

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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Using data from an online survey of 211 heterosexual and 148 sexual and gender minority-identifying cyclists, this article examines the attitudes of both sexual and gender majorities towards sexual and gender minorities as well as the experiences of sexual and gender minorities in relation to each other, within the sport of cycling. The results show a culture of acceptance for LGB athletes with heightened antipathy towards transgender cyclists. However, this variance is not as large as might be expected given the media attention on transgender athletes in cycling, and sport more broadly. It therefore appears that the transgender social movement is drafting closely behind LGB inclusion within this sport.

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Section: Cycling and Lgbt Athletesmentioning

confidence: 99%