The Tipping Point: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in Intercollegiate Sports

• DOI: 10.1123/jsm.2013-0079
• Publication Date: 2014-06-23T15:24:58Z
• Authors: Nefertiti A. Walker; E. Nicole Melton
• Keywords: Intersectionality; Prejudice (legal term); Tipping point (physics)

To date, sport research on sexuality has primarily focused White lesbian, bisexual, and gay (LBG) persons or heterosexual racial minorities; few studies have provided meaningful insight into how sexual prejudice affects minorities. Thus, the purpose of current study is to explore intersection race, orientation, gender in context collegiate examine influence multiple marginalized identities organizational outcomes. Grounded intersectionality literature feminist standpoint theory, semistructured interviews were conducted with 15 former intercollegiate employees. Results revealed four higher order themes: (a) racially influenced experiences, (b) managing lesbian-ness, (c) climate, (d) This expands theoretical knowledge intersectionality, introduces a turnover intention tipping point phenomenon, provides mangers firsthand feedback policy norms that may decrease satisfaction.