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Confronting an Enduring Taboo (Site Provides a Rare Rorum Ror Gay Athletes)
Study Details
- Authors
- John Branch
- Published
- 04/07/2011
- Citation
- Branch, John. 2011. Site provides a rare forum for gay athletes. The New York Times (April 7): http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/sports/08outsports.html
In the past couple of weeks, a Website called Outsports.com has written about a gay Brigham Young athlete who abided by the university’s honor code, published an essay from a lesbian basketball player at a Catholic girls school in California, and featured the Miami (Ohio) hockey team a year after the death of the openly gay student manager Brendan Burke, a son of Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke.