About: Homosexuality in sports in the United States

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The homosexual sports community in the United States, much like the LGBT community at large, has struggled with recognition, rights, and acceptance. This struggle for acceptance comes from both sport fan bases as well as from within the various sports organizations, associations, federations, etc. However, following the 1969 Stonewall riots there has been marginal and gradual improvement in the rights and acceptance of homosexual athletes coming out. In the past, an athlete who made the decision to come out was, in essence, committing career suicide, and would risk losing support from fans who come from more conservative or intolerant backgrounds. As such, there were no openly gay athletes in the United States until fairly recently.

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  • The homosexual sports community in the United States, much like the LGBT community at large, has struggled with recognition, rights, and acceptance. This struggle for acceptance comes from both sport fan bases as well as from within the various sports organizations, associations, federations, etc. However, following the 1969 Stonewall riots there has been marginal and gradual improvement in the rights and acceptance of homosexual athletes coming out. In the past, an athlete who made the decision to come out was, in essence, committing career suicide, and would risk losing support from fans who come from more conservative or intolerant backgrounds. As such, there were no openly gay athletes in the United States until fairly recently. Researcher Eric Anderson found "more openly gay runners and swimmers than football and baseball players." He then hypothesized that this occurred because gay men likely abandoned the more macho sports in favor of sports that were more accepting of homosexuality. In 2006, a Sports Illustrated poll of roughly 1,400 professional athletes found that a majority would be willing to accept a gay teammate. Although an aggressive and often violent sport, professional hockey (NHL) athletes seemed to be the most accepting of such teammates as 80% of its players approved of having a gay teammate. Nearly a quarter of those in the U.S. polled in a 2013 survey believe that openly gay athletes hurt sports in general, while over half think being openly gay hurts the athlete's career. (en)
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  • The homosexual sports community in the United States, much like the LGBT community at large, has struggled with recognition, rights, and acceptance. This struggle for acceptance comes from both sport fan bases as well as from within the various sports organizations, associations, federations, etc. However, following the 1969 Stonewall riots there has been marginal and gradual improvement in the rights and acceptance of homosexual athletes coming out. In the past, an athlete who made the decision to come out was, in essence, committing career suicide, and would risk losing support from fans who come from more conservative or intolerant backgrounds. As such, there were no openly gay athletes in the United States until fairly recently. (en)
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  • Homosexuality in sports in the United States (en)
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