Artigo
Woman, athlete and lesbian: taking risks
Woman, athlete and lesbian: taking risks;
Mujer, atleta y lesbiana: asumiendo riesgos
Registro en:
BORGES, J. B. de F.; MACHADO, R. P. T.; FRANCISCO, W. V. Woman, athlete and lesbian: taking risks. Olimpianos – Journal of Olympic Studies, São Paulo, v. 5, 2021. DOI: 10.30937/2526-6314.v5.id141.
Autor
Borges, Júlia Botelho de Faria
Machado, Raoni Perrucci Toledo
Francisco, Waleska Vigo
Institución
Resumen
The sporting environment carries in itself, since the beginning, a sexist structure and, consequently, homophobic. Over the years, athletes outside of heteronormativity began to assume themselves as part of the LGBTQIA+ community, bringing a new vision to the examples of heroism for society. Therefore, through a qualitative research, carried out with the greatest sports references, women who are or were Olympic athletes, who assumed they were outside heterosexuality, but within the sport. Below we will see a summary of the lives of these Olympic women through an interview interpreted by discourse analysis with topics such as homosexuality, external and public reactions, and prejudice within sport.