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Originally Posted by Cherie
There is no need to mention LGBTQ at all, just make an announcement that you are collecting for womens sport, why specifically single out LGBTQ, lesbians aren't disadvantaged in womens sport are they?
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Sports teams can be an intimidating scenario for many people, but particularly for LGBT people. It's not
playing the sport, it's finding the accessibly sport in which you feel safe.
- Over half of lesbians think sports teams are not very inclusive.
- Lesbians are more likely than other LGBT+ groups to identify cost as a barrier to joining a team.
- Only 39% of lesbians are choosing to participate in traditional team sports
- Bisexual women are more likely than other LGBT+ groups to see self-consciousness, cliquey teams and a lack of time as barriers to team sports.
- only 38% of bisexual women agree that sport is a very inclusive activity.
There is something major that has been overlooked in all of this - probably because anyone ranting about this has done little to no research before having their opinion - is that while Pride Sports will to an extent be fighting against banning trans women from joining women sports, one of their main aims as a charity is to help help promote and work with teams
specifically for trans women (and other LGBT people), as well as all-inclusive teams where members can be gay, lesbian, bi, straight, man, woman or trans.
They literally promote and help what all of you ask for: teams for trans people separate to that of women-only teams.
This is an amazing thing for sport and an amazing thing for people who find it difficult to get into sport because they worry their sexuality or gender identity will be a blocker.
To pretend all they do and all that 10 second request for donations is centred around is getting trans women into women's sports team is not just disingenuous, it's a lie. The spin on this story is fake, and it's fuelled by hateful manipulation by the media. Congrats.