Patrick R. Johnson

Debunking is not Repair: Restorative Queer Ethics and the Olympic “Anti-Sex Bed” Myth

This article examines the recurring Olympic “anti-sex bed” narrative across Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024, and Milan-Cortina 2026. Drawing on qualitative critical discourse analysis of 136 journalistic items and guided by Restorative Queer Ethics, the study traces how a false claim abou...