I studien har jag tittat närmare på medlemmarnas i gaylaget Malmö Devilants tidigareidrottserfarenheter och idrottsbakgrund samt undersökt hur de konstruerar sitt lag vad gällernorm och manlighet. För att uppnå detta gjordes intervjuer med sex av medlemmarna somfick svara på frågor utifrån tre teman: idrottsbakgrund, vardagen i föreningen samt idrottensroll i deras liv. Genom att använda de teoretiska begreppen genus och heteronormativitet harjag därefter analyserat och synat svaren. Utifrån intervjuerna kunde utläsas att alla har olikaupplevelser av idrotten och att alla har någon form av tidigare idrottsbakgrund. Medlemmarnaser också sitt lag som en plats där det heteronormativa inte är den rådande normen, där de kanträffa likasinnade individer med likartade erfarenheter och på så sätt vara en i mängden.Genom att utöva en aktivitet som idrott bryter medlemmarna mot den stereotypa bilden av huren homosexuell man är och de upprätthåller då inte den uppdelning och gräns som ärbetydande för heteronormativiteten. Genussystemet och heteronormen med dess ideal för hurman ska vara för att betraktas som en ”riktig” man/kvinna innebär en begränsning somegentligen inte behöver finnas. Bryts dessa normer upp försvinner förmodligen också debegränsande idealen. / In this study I’ve been taking a closer look at the members of the gay team, Malmo Devilantsand their former sports experience, background in sports, and examined how they constructtheir team. To achieve this, interviews were made with six of the members who were asked toanswer questions based on three themes: background in sports, daily life in the team, and therole of sport in their lives. By using the theoretical concepts of gender and heteronormativity,I have analyzed the answers. Based on the interviews I could see that the members all havedifferent experiences of sport and that everyone has some form of previous sportingbackground. They also see their team as a place where the heteronormativity isn’t theprevailing norm, where members can meet like-minded individuals with similar experiencesand thus become one of the crowd. By exercising an activity such as sports challenge thestereotype of how a gay man is and the members do not maintain the division that issignificance for heteronormativity. The gender system and heteronormativity with its ideals ofhow to be to qualify as a “real” man/woman is a limitation that does not really need to exist.The more the norm and the system dissolves our notions of what is considered male or femalewill probably decrease.

LGBT+ and Public Libraries Hana Bouchalová English Abstract The purpose of this thesis is to define the relations of the Czech LGBT+ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans* with respect to other gender identities and sexual orientations) and Czech public libraries. Focusing on LGBT+ literature and library and information services, the thesis offers both library and LGBT+ community perspective, using following research methods: questionnaires and interviews (executed with the help of LGBT+ groups and organisations), interviews with librarians, mystery shopping and analysis of selected Czech public library collections. Theoretical chapters discussing the existence of Czech queer libraries and the situation of LGBT+ community in the Czech Republic and elsewhere are also included. Final chapter contains suggestions for libraries how to better design and improve their services and offers related topics for further discussion.