Examining Pride Cups as a health promotion resource to address homophobia in Australian men's sport.
Health Promot Int
; 37(5)2022 Oct 01.
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| ID: mdl-36166266
Homophobic behaviours are harmful to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or other diverse genders and sexualities (LGBTQ+) people. United Nations agencies have called for research to identify ways to protect this population from discrimination in community settings. Little research has been conducted to understand how to address this problem in male sport. This study explored the value of an intervention developed by Pride Cup Australia, widely adopted by Australian community sport clubs. The charity provides education and helps clubs host a rainbow-themed 'pride game'. The study compared the homophobic language used by male participants at six clubs that had implemented a Pride Cup, with participants at six clubs which had not. Homophobic attitudes and confidence to react negatively to homophobia were also compared. Participants at clubs that adopted the intervention used less homophobic language in the previous 2 weeks than at the comparison clubs (11% vs. 31.8%) and were half as likely to report their teammates had used this language (25.9% vs. 56.6%). It is unclear if differences were caused by the Pride Cup intervention or some other factor (i.e. teams that agreed to host Pride Cup were already more supportive of LGBTQ+). Given grassroots support for this potentially promising intervention, larger scale studies are needed to confirm these findings.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Homofobia
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Deportes de Equipo
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Oceania
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En
Revista:
Health Promot Int
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Año:
2022
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Article
País de afiliación:
Australia
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido