LGBTQ People and Sports
Outsports - Courage is contagious
Outsports is your home for all things LGBTQ+ sports. From inspiring coming out stories of athletes to the latest news about queer-centric sports events, ...
LGBTQ+ Representation in Sports Is at an All-Time High
Nearly 200 out lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer-inclusive (LGBTQ+) athletes competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
LGBT Athletes And Their Importance - Bay Area Reporter
In sports, if a player is performing badly or doing something that may upset the fans, they could use their sexuality against them.
Stereotypes about gender and sexuality are rampant; for instance, female athletes are assumed to be masculine lesbians, gay men are seen as too feminine to be ...
Why LGBTQ Athletes Stay in the Closet | Queer Sports (Full Episode)
Women's leagues have scores of openly queer athletes, but there are only two across major U.S. men's pro leagues. What's behind this gap?
Resources for LGBTQA Athletes - Global Sports Development
While Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Asexual/Aromantic (LGBTQA) issues were once taboo, LGBTQA kids are now an important part of any ...
Transgender exclusion in sports - American Psychological Association
Transgender children vary in athletic ability, just as other youth do. There is no evidence to support claims that allowing transgender student athletes to play ...
LGBTIQ+ communities | Australian Sports Commission
LGBTIQ+ (or variations of it) is an acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, people with innate variations of sex characteristic and queer/questioning.
20 Pro and Former Pro LGBTQ Athletes That Can be Role Models ...
Here are some notable examples of LGBTQ athletes that can serve as role models for your players.
Out on the Fields is the first international study and largest conducted on homophobia in sports. Nearly 9,500 people took part including 1,123 lesbian, gay, ...
LGBTQ youth mostly avoid sports, citing bullying and discrimination
Around the country, lawmakers pushing bans on transgender athletes have warned of scenarios in which physically dominant athletes suddenly ...
Pride Sports | A UK organisation for LGBT+ sports development and ...
Pride Sports runs the annual weekend residential for lesbian, gay, bi, trans, intersex, non-binary, queer and other diversely identifying young people. Find out ...
Sport Response Timeline · Out On The Fields
Key findings: the stories described hostility and unwillingness amongst sport leaders to protect gay athletes from discrimination, who hide their sexualities ...
How coaches and sport organizations can create a better ...
By linking words such as 'gay' and 'queer' to either weakness or mistakes, then individuals are displaying homonegative and heteronormative acts ...
27 LGBTQ+ Sports Legends Who Dominated Their Field
Over the course of decades, LGBTQ+ athletes have represented their nations around the world at international sporting events.
Experiences of LGBTQ people in sports and sports inclusion policies ...
This chapter assesses the situation of LGBTQ athletes in sports in Germany and the policy of inclusion of LGBTQ people in organised sports.
Sexuality and Gender Perspectives on Sports Ethics
All ages and types of athletes are susceptible to these problems but science confirms that elite, disabled, child, and lesbian/gay/bisexual/trans-sexual (LGBT) ...
recommendations to protect young LGBTQ athletes (Greenspan et al., 2019). Existing research finds that. LGBTQ youth participate in sports at lower rates than ...
LGBTQ athletes – News, Research and Analysis - The Conversation
Revealing the long but hidden history of queer women in sport ... The Netflix documentary A Secret Love tells the remarkable story of a decades-long relationship ...
LGBTQ+ in Sport: How to create an inclusive environment -
Homophobic language and behaviour in sports can create a hostile and unwelcoming environment for LGBTQ+ athletes and can also have negative impacts on the ...