Anti-doping policies and the Gay Games; Morgan's treatment–enhancement distinction in action. Issue 2 (3rd May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Burke, Michael; Symons, Caroline
• Is Part Of: Journal of the philosophy of sport. Volume 43:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 267
• Page End: 280
• Publication Date: 2016-05-03
• Subjects: Doping -- Gay Games -- treatment -- enhancement -- practice community -- democracy; Sports -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; 796.01
• DOI: 10.1080/00948705.2015.1112236
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0094-8705

Abstract

Abstract: The anti-doping policy of the Gay Games offers an interesting exemplification of the treatment–enhancement distinction. Some Gay Games athletes require steroids to deal with the effects of HIV or for sexual reassignment, and the practice community had to negotiate coordinating conventions with regard to steroid use that remained committed to the deeper conventions of Gay Games sport. This paper will investigate the way that this policy emanated from the type of participatory social practice community that would be necessary for any sport to challenge the anti-doping fundamentalism within contemporary sports.