Study on the trend of LGBT "mainstreaming" in sport and its problems.

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K11510
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 59020:Sports sciences-related
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: Okada Kei 立命館大学, 産業社会学部, 教授 (90386657)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 山口 理恵子 城西大学, 経営学部, 教授 (30509120) ; 稲葉 佳奈子 成蹊大学, 文学部, 准教授 (70431666)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: スポーツ / ジェンダー / セクシュアリティ / lgbtq / トランスジェンダー / 人種

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigates the role of sport and its status in the developing trend of establishing the rights of sexual minorities in countries and regions of the democratic world. The cultural domain of sport has been used as an embodiment of masculinity and its ideals due to its historical background, even though it is difficult to achieve gender equality in principle due to the conditions of competition with the body itself.
The study revealed a situation where gender minorities or gender queer such as transgender people are being left behind, while cisgender minorities such as lesbians/gays are gradually gaining acceptance.

Free Research Field

社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、スポーツという英米を中心に発達した文化が、セクシュアリティ上のマイノリティ（レスビアンやゲイ）の受容を進めながらも、その男性身体優位という原理的な制約によっていまだ男女というジェンダー上の格差（特に現在ではトランスジェンダーやDSD選手に対する差別的な取り扱い）を温存し、なおかつ人種を含めた地域的な格差をも解消し得ていないことをあきらかにした。