Out of the closet and onto the playing field: Two decades of lesbian athletes in young adult literature
Citation
Mason, Katherine. Out of the closet and onto the playing field: Two decades of lesbian athletes in young adult literature.The English Journal, Vol. 104, No. 1 (September 2014), pp. 54-61
Abstract
Using the Identity Formation Model, the author examines the representation of lesbian athletes in young adult literature and suggests that students benefit from reading about characters with a range of sexual and gender identities