FALLON FOX: A QUEER BODY IN THE OCTAGON
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.46216Keywords:
Martial Arts. Transgendered persons. Athletes.Abstract
Based in gender studies and queer theory, this paper analyzes the inclusion of Fallon Fox as a professional athlete of Mixed Martial Arts, more specifically, her fight against Allanna Jones in the semifinals of the Championship Fighting Alliance. For this, it examines 510 comments posted in three specific cultural artifacts related to fighting sports, seeking to understand the discourses that its users produced about the participation of a transgender athlete. From the analysis of empirical data, we found that the arguments used to justify the improper nature of the contest were settled in two perspectives: the use of legal and medical discourses to attest the advantage of Fallon Fox over her opponent and transphobia, understood as aversion or repulsion to trans people.
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