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Stereotypes and concerns about lesbians in sports abound. Well-intentioned coaches and administrators question how to deal with LGBT issues. As director of "It Takes a Team!" for the Women's Sports Foundation, Dr. Pat Griffin travels around the country helping them to figure it out.
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She's professor emerita in the social justice educational program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she has taught since 1970. She started there as a women's phy ed instructor and coach of the women's swimming and diving team while working on a master's degree in sport studies.
Feminist principles began to infuse her coaching. ...