Queer Athlete, Non-Biological Mothers: Competing, Marginalized, Identities

While athletes must be tough and dedicated to sport, many mothers feel pressured to commit to caregiving. A small but growing body of literature has examined how female athletes negotiate these seemingly conflicting roles of mother and athlete. However, the current literature has predominantly focus...

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Published inJournal of homosexuality Vol. 70; no. 4; pp. 660 - 680
Main Authors Waldron, Jennifer J., Mullin, Elizabeth M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Routledge 21.03.2023
Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects
Athletes
Caregiving
Cisgender
Co-mother
Discourse analysis
Discourses
Female
Female athletes
Female roles
Heterosexuality
Homosexuality, Female
Humans
lesbian
Marginality
Mothers
Parents & parenting
pregnancy
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Sexuality
Sports
Women
Co-mother
lesbian
pregnancy
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Summary:While athletes must be tough and dedicated to sport, many mothers feel pressured to commit to caregiving. A small but growing body of literature has examined how female athletes negotiate these seemingly conflicting roles of mother and athlete. However, the current literature has predominantly focused on heterosexual, cisgender, White women. In this paper, we examine the subject position of the queer athlete, non-biological mother by drawing on the literature on queer parenthood, motherhood in sport, and discourse analysis. Specifically, we use stories from mainstream media to understand ways that queer athlete, non-biological mothers simultaneously are re/produced within dominant discourses and expand our understanding of motherhood.
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ISSN:0091-8369
1540-3602
1540-3602
DOI:10.1080/00918369.2021.1999120