Rainbow Laces Day: New data reveals alarming levels of LGBTQ+ discrimination in sports
Sport in the United Kingdom remains a space in which LGBTQ+ people experience discrimination and have to hide, and concrete structural and symbolic measures are needed to change this.
No one should have to hide who they are. On this Rainbow Laces Day, we are calling on everyone in sport to take action so that LGBTQ+ people feel safe and included
The text reports on new data from Stonewall documenting the discrimination experiences of LGBTQ+ people in sport in the United Kingdom. One in nine LGBTQ+ people avoids sports facilities out of fear of discrimination; for trans+ people, it is almost three in ten. The CEO of Stonewall calls for all LGBTQ+ people to feel safe in sport and for no one to have to hide. The data show that sport is one of the public spaces in which LGBTQ+ people are most likely to experience discrimination, with only places of worship showing a higher rate. In-depth interviews with 20 LGBTQ+ people describe the price of participation as hiding one's own identity. As concrete measures, anti-discrimination policies, simple reporting channels, private changing facilities, and visible LGBTQ+ role models are mentioned. Rainbow Laces Day is presented as a visible sign of a welcoming culture, which is to be underpinned by year-round measures.
Worldview
what this means- What, according to this text, is the root of the evil?
- Pressure on one's own community from outside; Hostility, hatred, the breakdown of community
- Where does the evil reside?
- in the economy, politics, or social structures
- What helps against it?
- practical action towards the neighbour, good works; just social or political conditions
- What is human being according to this text?
- self-determined, the author of one's own actions
- Where is history heading?
- it is getting better, development towards the good
- What does the text base its claim on?
- on personal experience, testimony, encounter; on argument, logic, science
- To whom does the text's call for devotion apply?
- to every human being, regardless of faith
- Where is the text's criticism directed?
- at others, at society, at other groups
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What the text calls for
- Regenbogen-Schnürsenkel binden (social)
- Antidiskriminierungsrichtlinien durchsetzen (social)
- An einer Rainbow Laces-Veranstaltung teilnehmen (social)
Measured
- Basic stance
- 1 from -2 to 2
- Insistence
- 2 of 3
- Reach
- 4 of 5
- Concreteness
- 3 of 3
- Boundary
- 1 of 3
- Time
- past 0, present 3, future 1