How Much Difference Is Too Much Difference? Perceptions of Gay Men and Lesbians in Intercollegiate Athletics.

Wolf-Wendel, Lisa E.; Toma, J. Douglas; Morphew, Christopher C.

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ERIC Number: EJ634275

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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How Much Difference Is Too Much Difference? Perceptions of Gay Men and Lesbians in Intercollegiate Athletics.

Wolf-Wendel, Lisa E.; Toma, J. Douglas; Morphew, Christopher C.

Journal of College Student Development, v42 n5 p465-79 Sep-Oct 2001

Researchers quantitatively examined how and why student athletes, coaches and athletic administrators at five NCAA Division I universities accepted some forms of diversity so readily, but remained closed and even hostile to gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals. (Contains 54 references.) (Author)

Descriptors: Athletes, Athletic Coaches, Attitudes, Bisexuality, College Athletics, College Students, Diversity (Student), Higher Education, Homosexuality, Lesbianism, Sexual Orientation

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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