Homophobia’s effect on sport

9th November 2012, 12:00am

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Homophobia’s effect on sport

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Homophobia in school can put gay students off sport for life, research by the National Union of Students has found. Just a third of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students questioned said they would take part in team sports by the time they got to college or university; 41.9 per cent said they had been put off by a negative experience at school.

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