The case of the transsexual athlete Tiffany Abreu and the repercussion in the social networks
Journal Title: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 12
Abstract
Transgendering is still taboo, especially in countries that are supported by traditional and conservative paradigms, such as Brazil. In the sporting context it is no different. There is a reproduction of the dictates of society within the sporting environment, where there are certain veiled prejudgments, such as transphobia. The online communication networks made possible a greater visibility on the transgenderity, especially the transsexuality. In sports from the case of the player Tiffany Abreu, the first transsexual woman competing in the Women's Volleyball Superleague. The present study aims to discuss the positioning of institutions and actors in the media, specifically virtual media, on the inclusion of transsexual player Tiffany Abreu in the Women's Volleyball Superleague. The netnography was used as a methodology of study, with qualitative character, had as an empirical-virtual field the internet, communication websites and a post from the "Quebrando o Tabu" community about the athlete.Even though the International Olympic Committee (IOC) regulations direct the legitimacy of the playability of transgender athletes, the positioning of people in the sports environment is still against the inclusion of transsexual people in sports, justifying the physiological difference. This transcends beyond the sporting environment where people, sometimes based on "Fake news", discourses their positions in social networks.This research showed that there are prejudices and transphobia inside and outside the sports environment, which even veiled the social communication networks made possible the outsourcing of opinions contrary to the inclusion of transgender in sports. Finally, there is a need to build global guidelines that guarantee the entry and stay of transgender people in sports, providing an environment conducive to leisure and high performance.
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Thiago Camargo Iwamoto, Dulce Maria Filgueira de Almeida
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