HOW TO: Creating a gender inclusive sport event

Submitted by z.b. on Thu, 06/20/2019 - 23:46

This list of challenges and recommendations for gender inclusive sports events is based on research conducted during major LGB(TQI) sporting events as well as in dialogue with grassroots initiatives in different places throughout Europe (and worldwide). The material includes interviews with athletes, coaches and sports judges as well as other forms of oral and written information from sports groups and the project partners.

Timeline overview of global gender policies in sport

Submitted by z.b. on Thu, 06/20/2019 - 23:17
timeline visualization
The vast majority of sports competitions are divided into two, mutually exclusive female and male categories, which presents significant obstacles to those whose bodies and / or identities do not align with this binary sex division. For decades, international sport governing bodies have had in place regulations that enforce the binary sex division by requiring those athletes who are registered to compete in the female category to submit to “sex tests.” In other words, sport regulators have subjected athletes to various kinds of medical examinations in order to determine their eligibility to c

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