Queer theory-Acceptance of gay players in sports
When is comes to certain situations in life that involve people and their sexuality of how things are supposed to happen based on previous history. Rather than allowing for things to change like in sports with openly gay players. People need to get over the old fact of that it's uncomfortable to be around gay players as they think they’re gonna get at them. Which is an old fashioned view of it but people should be open to what is acceptable in the sports for openly gay players. There is the queer theory behind this as just analyzing the scenario and how people can say they be fine around gay players but when it actually happens they find it very hard to be around. I see that the world says they are open for change but really are not. For example when Michael Sam got drafted by Rams some players were open and some were out front cold about the fact of sharing a locker room with a gay player. Overall people should be open and this should not keep people in captivity of their feelings due to others.
I agree that there is a problem with the display of heteronormativity in sports but I think that the issue goes a lot further than just gay men integrating into sports. I think that the issue of masculinity and femininity as a binary placed on sports is actually an issue inherent to our society and its conception of competition to begin with. For example, when Brittney Griner is told that she is the best WNBA player because she "plays like a man" I think we can see some of the issues of masculinity and femininity as a binary applied to competition. Apart from the homophobia presented by people's inherent fear of those they don't understand the other problems of competitions and the narratives surrounding them are deeper and stem from an inherent conception of what the masculine and feminine mean for competitive acumen.
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