A landmark study in men’s community sport has found education campaigns did nothing to stop young players and their coaches from using slurs
They have also prompted Australian rugby officials and players to call for more resources to further address a “sport-wide” problem that is harming LGBTQ+ youth in numerous codes.
In the pre-training survey, 55.3% self-reported using homophobic language at least once over the previous two weeks and 77.4% perceived teammates to have used homophobic language. In the post-training survey, those numbers had risen to 61.2% and 82.1% respectively. Dr Erik Denison, lead author on the paper titled ‘Effectiveness of an educational intervention targeting homophobic language use by young male athletes: a cluster randomised controlled trial’, said the results were “very disappointing”.
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