Sport and physical activity

Being active is a vital part of staying physically and mentally healthy. For gender diverse people, finding supportive spaces to be active can be a challenge. Here are some resources to support your child’s physical activity:

Education & Recreation

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Transforming Families resources

Click here for our resource on how to work with your child’s sports organisation to affirm their gender identity

Click here for letter templates to inform sports organisations about your child’s gender identity

Click here for letter templates to inform extra-curricular providers about your child’s gender identity

LGBTQA+-friendly sporting organisations

Pride in Sport | National not-for-profit inclusion program designed to help sporting organisations with inclusion of trans and gender diverse people (employees, athletes, coaches, volunteers and spectators). This site also has a directory of supportive clubs and teams.

Proud 2 Play | Australia Proud2Play aims to increase LGBTIQ+ engagement in sport, exercise and active recreation across Australia.

Pride Cup | Pride Cup helps community clubs run their own Pride Cup events that are inclusive and welcoming to LGBTIQ+ players, fans and officials. They also run education sessions for players, coaches and officials on making clubs more inclusive.

Resources

Non Gendered Fitness | The Home of Queer Fitness and Health. A gender-diverse owned and operated, queer and trans-friendly virtual gym. They offer specialised training programs, tailor-made training programs, classes and personal training services through an online app. The site also includes free workout videos and fitness-related information and podcasts.

Australian Human Rights Commission guidelines for sporting organisations on how to promote the inclusion and participation of trans people in sport. These guidelines are sporting staff and management (such as boards) but provide useful information for everyone on trans people in sports.

Sport — TransHub | In-depth resource on rights and trans affirmation in sport.

Everyone deserves to play | Transcend Australia = maintain a list of guidelines and policies from different sports on the inclusion of trans and gender diverse people.

Fact sheet: Trans Health and Wellbeing created by ACON and Equality Australia.

Surf Life Saving NSW A factsheet for Surf Life Saving Clubs on how to best support their gender diverse members.

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