Beth Burton is the throwing coach for the California State University, Chico women’s and men’s track and field team. She is interviewed by ITAT director Pat Griffin. Beth talks about her decision to include her wife in the team media guide and the support she receives from team members and colleagues.
Online biographies of college coaches usually include personal information along with athletic accomplishments. Are non-heterosexual partners/spouses or orientations depicted? The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport examines the text of biographies of head coaches in the Big Ten and presents a summary of findings from phase one of this study.
When two members of a girls’ ice hockey team in Canada came out as lesbians, they were greeted with support from their teammates, but with incidents of harassment from some others in their league. How the team answered this challenge sets a wonderful example for us all.
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