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by Dan Woog

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Dan Woog

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978-1555833992

ISBN:

1555833993

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English

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Alyson Books; 1st edition (January 1, 1997)

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Social Sciences

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Stories of gay athletes. Amazing reading this now and how things have changed since the time this was published in 1997

Stories of gay athletes. Amazing reading this now and how things have changed since the time this was published in 1997. Stories of athletes and coaches and how they have/are dealing with being gay at the time of writing. Jocks: True Stories of America's Gay Male Athletes. Over two dozen personal profiles of high school and college coaches and athletes succinctly and sensitively dispute the contention that "gay jock" is an oxymoron. LJ 2/1/98) Читать весь отзыв.

Jocks: True Stories of A. .has been added to your Cart. Woog characterizes the athletic locker room as "the largest, dingiest, smelliest closet left in America. He then profiles several dozen men, many still quite young, who have helped dispel at least the closet part of that characterization.

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Gay athletes realized they were not alone, young gay athletes discovered role models, and straight people learned that .

Gay athletes realized they were not alone, young gay athletes discovered role models, and straight people learned that gay people are their teammates and coaches. Much has changed since its publication in 1998: Gay jocks are coming out even in high school, gay sports teams compete in every major city, and in almost every major sport-even testosterone-fueled contests such as rodeo, snowboarding, and mountain biking-there are openly gay competitors

Jocks 2 is a pleasant surprise, an affirming book that illustrates the broad diversity of experiences within the stereotypically .

Jocks 2 is a pleasant surprise, an affirming book that illustrates the broad diversity of experiences within the stereotypically straight world of men's athletics. Recommended for most larger collections. Jeffery Ingram, Newport . Woog's second helping of gay athletes' lives covers fewer soccer players than Jocks (1998) did. Because Woog has coached soccer for 20-plus years, that imbalance was perfectly understandable, as was the predominance of quite young subjects, which continues in this book, because, after all, most people are the most athletic when they're young. Still absent are any active professionals.

Is there life for gay athletes after coming out to their teammates?. Profiles several dozen young male athletes who have in most cases come out as homosexual to their coaches, teammates, and fellow students, with advice for coaches on dealing with homophobia. ISBN13:9781555833992. Release Date:January 1997.

Profiles several dozen young male athletes who have in most cases "come out" as homosexual to their coaches .

Profiles several dozen young male athletes who have in most cases "come out" as homosexual to their coaches, teammates, and fellow students, with advice for coaches on dealing with homophobia. Coming out has helped many young men become better, more confident athletes - and participating in athletics has helped many young men come out. Their stories inspired me - and, from what readers are saying, their stories have touched other people, too. It was an exciting project, on an unexplored topic.

Dan Woog, the author, has really outdone himself with a truly raw, real, recollection of "soccer" stories spanning . Dan has also written a book called Jocks: True Stories of America's Gay Male Athletes, about the struggles of being homosexual in the macho sporting world.

Dan Woog, the author, has really outdone himself with a truly raw, real, recollection of "soccer" stories spanning years, yet all connected by his honest and "real-as-it-gets" inner dialog we are now privy to. I am not a soccer fan, nor will I ever truly be, but I loved reading the book with its honest and hilarious narrative tone. There are many, many more layers to this book than trophies, wins and losses. He knows only too well.

Profiles several dozen young male athletes who have in most cases "come out" as homosexual to their coaches, teammates, and fellow students, with advice for coaches on dealing with homophobia

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These stories were very good for the most part. Some were current and others were from 20-25 years ago during the beginnings of gay liberation, but what I liked was that not all of the stories were of athletes who came out with 'big splashes' and became activists and all that. Many of the stories were of guys who are still not out or don't make a big thing out of being gay and I liked those stories the best.

Actually I think it's probably a good thing that athletes don't make their sexuality public for the most part. What purpose does it serve except to feel better about yourself, and that IS a good thing, but it is not for everyone to do. I suppose we need the trailblazers, but not that many. I don't think most people take to homosexual athletes too well and I haven't seen any proof that it has become more widespread or known after all these years. People don't change their attitudes that much about this kind of thing. I also recently read a book about gays in college fraternities, and it's the same thing---dont' vocalize for the most part unless you are prepared to pay whatever price comes out of it.

Darksinger

I give credit to Dan Woog for undertaking such a project and writing this book. Unfortunately, good intentions don't make for good reading. The book misrepresents itself. It's strewn together in a haphazard fashion. Nothing ever gets tied together. The title is a bit misleading as well. I bet many people would see the title and cover (with a half-naked gay porn star in football jersey) and think it is a book about erotic encounters with athletes or something. Well it's not. I don't recommend this book to anyone. If I were Dan, and I'm not, I would partner with an expert writer and really do justice to this theme.

Keth

Has a really good message. Don't get it if you are looking for erotica...that's not what this book is for!

Thofyn

Woog manages to capture a fairly diverse group of athletes in a fairly wide range of sports. He seems partial to soccer--no great surprise, given his own involvement--and seems to feel that soccer players are more intelligent and independent and thus more open to gays in their ranks. That may be wishful thinkful thinking on his part, I don't know. The stories are by turns inspirational and sad, the latter especially when one reads what hoops these athletes jump through in order to appear "normal." Woog does a good job of convincing us that there are a lot more gay (or at least gay accepting) athletes than we might expect. I was most impressed by the straight student athlete who heads a gay/straight alliance--he doesn't correct people who assume he's gay. That requires a huge amount of positive self-awareness. The one place where Woog fails (for me) in his narrative is when he or his athletes show a certain condescension toward overweight people or guys in (an unfortunate loqution from the book) "pussy sports." A tight, hard body is not an indication of manhood. Likewise, the masculinity factor on the field or in the pool doesn't come from the sport, it comes from the athlete himself. I hope Woog addresses this aspect more carefully next time, which I hope will be with a book on pro athletes--even if they all have to be hidden behind pseudonyms.

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"What happens when the final closet door--that of men sports--finally swings open? Is there life for gay athletes after coming out to their teammates? Is there life before coming out? And how does being in the closet affect athletic performance? As gay athletes and coaches openly move onto the playing fields, many are still grappling with the subtle messages they received while growing up: that homosexuality is something to be mocked, avoided, or feared and is completely incompatible with athletics. Journalist Dan Woog, himself an openly gay soccer coach, interviewed dozens of gay jocks and offers up over twenty-five inspiring stories of men who are truly today`s champions."--© zebraz

Hrguig

I've read the 7 reviews, and decided to take the book anyway. And I was not disappointed.
The book is very honest, Dan Woog makes it very clear in the foreword what the book is about, nonwithstanding the negative comments made by possible readers.
I've only started reading the book, but it already has me commiserating with the various people who have had to endure abuse and hatred at the hands of their peers, colleagues, team mates and the world at large.
This is a book to wake you up from the fantasy that the jocks always have it easy. They don't, and we as gay members of society should show our support openly for those who have had the courage to come out of the closet, and give encouragement to those still in there to come out too and live fully.

Clever

Woog has unified the diverse hopes and fears among gay athletes and coaches of all levels into a common ground- the facing of those fears and meeting of those hopes. Taking account of these gay men, those both open and in the closet, Woog brings a greater understanding to their pain and triumph, as well as the roads they have traveled to get where they now are. Woog is objective with both the positive and negative experiences, and brings out the true meaning of althetics to both team and individual, along with the struggles of these gays men to be a part of the athletic circle. Reading this book was positive and meaningful, and gave a good look at just how diverse levels of homophobia exist within different sports themselves as they do within society. Woog brings the sub-culture of gay athletics up front, showing the agonies and triumphs in this realm that are overlooked. Having read this book alongside Patricia Warren's "The Front Runner" (the fictional story of a gay man and his gay coach/lover competing into the 1976 Olympics) gave an even greater depth and aspect to Warren's book as well as a greater understanding of the painful and euphoric extremems gay athletes endure. My one hope is that Woog writes a second book, with either new accounts of these proud gay athletes, or a follow-up of those already shared in his book.

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