Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Athletes in Latin America

This edited volume draws upon work from a wide range of established and emerging international scholars to provide an interdisciplinary analysis of sport’s complex relationship with masculinity. With a particular focus on Latin America, it examines the changing relationship between a range of contemporary sport and sexuality and gender expression, as related to lesbian, gay and/or trans athletes. Experts from Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia provide historical, sociological and anthropological perspectives on heteronormativity, masculinity, gender identity, sexual orientation, and the gender binary as they relate to sports clubs, Mexican martial arts, football, softball, sports media, games, and physical education. It will be invaluable to scholars and students in the fields of Gender Studies, Queer Studies, Sports Studies, and Men’s Studies.

1. Introduction: Shifting Research Accounts On Sexual And Gender Minority Athletes, Eric Anderson And Joaquín Piedra.- 2. LGBT Sport Clubs: Origin And Historical Changes In Spain And Latin America, Joan Miró & Joaquín Piedra.- 3. Coming Out Of The Closet: A Description Of LGBT Research On Sports In Brazil, Vinnicius Laurindo & Mariana Zuaneti Martins.- 4. Homohysteria, Cultural Change, And ‘Pseudo-Inclusivity’: An Analysis Of Attitudes Toward Sexual Diversity, Joaquín Piedra, Rafael Garcia-Perez, & Alex Channon.- 5. Conceptualising Sexuality Through The Mexican Martial Art Of Xilam, By George Jennings.- 6. Discrimination, Feeling Of Discomfort And Prejudice In Mexican Sport, According To Sex And Sexual Orientation, Oswaldo Ceballos, Jeanette M. López-Walle, Rosa E. Medina-Rodríguez, José L. Tristán-Rodríguez, & Luis T. Ródenas-Cuenca.- 7. More Than A Man: Richarlyson, Ambiguous And Non-Orthodox Masculinities In South American Football, Jorge Knijnik.- 8. Policy And Practice Of LGBT Persons’ Sport Participation In Colombia, By Angélica Sáenz-Macana, Javier Gil-Quintana, Sofía Pereira-García & José Devís-Devís.- 9. Trans Masculinities On The Sport Courts Of Brazil, “The Country Of Football” By Julian Pegoraro Silvestrin & Alexandre Fernandez Vaz.- 10. Educational Trajectories And Participation Of Transgender Women In Sports In Argentina, Magalí Perez-Riedel & Pablo A. Scharagrodsky.

Joaquín Piedra is Senior Lecturer at Universidad de Sevilla, Spain. Head of the Research Group Critical Approach on Sport (HUM-1059). As a specialist in the analysis of sport from the gender perspective, is author or editor of three books about masculinities, gender and co-education in sport and Physical Education.

Eric Anderson is Professor of Sport, Masculinities and Sexualities at the University of Winchester, UK.  He was America’s first openly gay high school coach in 1993 and is considered an expert on the experiences of gay men in sport, and has published several books including 21^st Century Jocks, Discovering Sociology, and The Palgrave Handbook on Sport and Masculinity. His research is regularly featured in international television, print and digital media.