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A UK directory of organisations committed to making active lives possible for the LGBT+ community
The Government estimates 3.9 million people or 6% of the population identify as lesbian, gay or bi in the UK. It is estimated that 650,000 people, or 1% of the population identify as trans in Great Britain. Yet, homophobic, biphobic and transphobic culture is rife within school and sport in particular. (Make Sport Everyone’s Game -Sports Toolkit, 2018)
Common negative experiences put lesbian, gay, bi and trans people off taking part in sport, or being open with others about their sexual orientation or gender identity. Surveys report that:
Pride Sports UK’s basic aims are to challenge homophobia in sport and improve access to sport for LGBT+ people. In working towards these goals they:
Pride Sports UK actively works with crosssector partners to ensure that LGBT+ are able to get into organised sport and new LGBT+ specific sport groups are able to get started.
Key resources:
Stonewall UK is a charity founded to enable the LGBT community to reach their full potential. They do this by empowering individuals, transforming institutions (including sports organisations), changing hearts and minds, and changing and protecting laws essential for LGBT people.
Stonewall is also the leader of Rainbow Laces movement to make sport more inclusive of the LGBT community.
Key resources:
The Sports Council Equality Group consists of the relevant officers from all the Sports Councils (UK Sport, Sport England, Sport Scotland, Sport Wales and Sport Northern Ireland. It aims to promote and develop equality in sport across all the equality strands.
The group has developed the Equality Standard for Sport and reflects the latest equality legislation. There are 4 levels that organisations can progress through with guidance and templates.
Key resources:
Sported Media LGBT+ is a network group and consultancy that advocates for inclusion in the media industry and across sport in general. They play various roles:
Key resources:
LEAP Sports Scotland: LEAP is committed to breaking down the structural, social and personal barriers which prevent lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people across the country from accessing, participating and excelling in Scottish sports. It trains groups looking to provide LGBTI specific and friendly sports activities.
Leap Sports – Non-Binary Inclusion in Sport Booklet:
This booklet includes:
Gendered intelligence: GI aims to increase understanding of gender diversity. Training and support on trans issues, including specialist support for young trans people aged 8 – 25 years old.
Download Gendered Intelligence resources including:
Football Association: A Guide to Including Trans People in Football
LGBT Sports Cymru aims to support the creation of a thriving, inclusive, sporting community across Wales, where LGB&T individuals feel safe, welcome and free from discrimination. Resources for including LGB&T Young People in Sport, a Welsh LGB&T Charter and Guidance for NGBs on Transsexual People and Competitive Sport.
Mermaids Sport supports transgender, nonbinary and gender diverse children, young people and their families. They help young people find inclusive sporting opportunities, parents/guardians/carers to get young people involved in sport and schools/clubs/grassroots groups so improve trans and nonbinary inclusion in sport.
The Scottish Trans Alliance is the Equality Network project to improve gender identity and gender reassignment equality, rights and inclusion Scotland. Completed research on transphobia within sport.
The FA, which is the governing body for Football in England, has produced a guide for including Trans people in football.
The Equality Network aims to bring about equality and improve the human rights situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and Intersex people in Scotland. It also developed the Scottish LGBT Sports Charter.
This directory is intended to be a working document of specialists that specifically support sports and physical activity organisations to become more inclusive. It does not represent an exhaustive list of specialists.
Therefore, if there is a specific community that you are looking to engage with and have not found a resource that is relevant, please get in touch with our Membership Services team at membership@hub.sported.org.uk and we would be more than happy to explore our networks for the expertise required.
Have we missed anyone? Email membership@hub.sported.org.uk and tell us more.
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