JUST A BALL GAME? MEDIA RELEASE
JBG?
– HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA IN
SPORT SURVEY.
Violence, Harassment and repression of LGBT+
people still exists globally.
Annually on May17th, IDAHOBIT- International
Day Against Homophobia Biphobia and Transphobia is a co-ordinated International
grass roots community date to raise awareness around LGBT+ visibility and
inclusion, alongside encouraging society to take action against homophobia,
biphobia and transphobia.
For this year’s IDAHOBIT theme of ‘Breaking The Silence’ JUST A BALL GAME?
(JBG?) in partnership with LGBT Dorset Equality Network, have released a
survey: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/justaballgame/
looking at homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in sport.
It is hoped that whatever the outcomes,
and/or differences found to our survey results (and therefore hard evidence
collated for use) a decade ago, we can implement the findings to engage in
dialog with the policy makers, NGB’s, the media, employers and general public
to take action against any discrimination, persecution or hate crime which
LGBT+ people face.
Despite advancement over recent years with
some athletes ‘coming out’ sports are still very much an area of perceived
male, masculine dominance and achievement. Along with the breaking down of
these stereotypes and challenging sexism and misogyny there is also a need to
try and eradicate to a minimum all forms of discrimination.
Our survey is anonymous, it will take you
around 5 minutes to sign into and complete and will be available to fill out
until 11th July 2020.
We have allocated inclusive questions for
both LGBT+ people and those who identify as heterosexual to answer to try and
establish a balanced overview of what is relevant to all in 2020.
Survey link: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/justaballgame/
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