Sports News Media and Coming Out of Lesbian Athletes
Perspective from Non-Western News Outlets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7897135 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Muhammad Fahad Humayun (0000-0003-0230-4756, University of Evansville, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 297-313 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journalism Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-670X • E-ISSN: 1469-9699 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1461670x.2024.2425637 |
| OpenAlex | W4404181296 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 46 |
In May 2019, Dutee Chand became the first Indian athlete to publicly come out as a lesbian while still actively competing. This study conducts a textual analysis of the Indian news media’s coverage of Chand’s announcement, focusing on three major English-language dailies: The Hindustan Times, The Hindu, and The Times of India. As one of the first studies to explore the Indian media’s response to Chand’s coming out, it sheds light on how lesbian athletes are portrayed in non-Western sports media, this one specifically within the Indian context. Chand's public embrace of her sexuality, in a cultural environment often hostile to LGBTQIA+ identities, has broader implications for understanding the media representation of sexual minorities in sports. The findings reveal that Indian news outlets depicted Chand as a rebellious figure but balanced their coverage by supporting her stance and conforming to prevailing social and cultural norms that resist public expressions of non-heteronormative sexualities
Advertising · Art · Athletes · Business · Lesbian · Media studies · News media · Political science · Sociology · Visual arts · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |