Homophobia in men’s sports seems to be evaporating.

Dr. Eric Anderson has shown through research that men in sports are increasingly willing to show affection for one another physically. (Photo by Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)

Men’s team sports have traditionally been a social institution aimed at defining certain forms of masculinity as acceptable.

On the flip side, they have simultaneously denigrated other — often posited as weaker — forms of masculinity. Boys and men who participate in…