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Engaging LGBT Participants

Engaging LGBT Participants. Lou Englefield Director. The BIG LGBT community sports quiz.

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Engaging LGBT Participants

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  1. Engaging LGBT Participants Lou Englefield Director

  2. The BIG LGBT community sports quiz Whilst calculating the financial impact of civil partnerships in 2005, the UK Treasury calculated that 6% of people in this country are lesbian or gay. If bisexual and trans people are included, it is generally accepted that the percentage of the UK population who identify as LGBT is 8% TRUE or FALSE

  3. A study by Sheffield Hallam University into “Tackling Homophobia & Transphobia in Settings Supporting Young People”, revealed in November 2011 that LGBT young people in several schools were being instructed to change for PE “in toilets and in other rooms located near to the regular changing facilities” TRUE or FALSE

  4. Results from Sport England’s Active People Survey 5, 2011 show that LGB people are less likely to be involved in physical activity than their heterosexual counterparts. TRUE or FALSE

  5. Research by the Carnegie Research Institute at Leeds metropolitan University (2011) into the experiences of lesbian coaches revealed that in some cases “Lesbian coaches were deemed less skilled, assuming (gay) women coaches do not make sporting leaders” or were considered “paedophiles” and “predators towards their athletes.” TRUE or FALSE

  6. The England and Wales Cricket Board, recently commissioned Pride Sports to undertake research into lesbian & gay perceptions of & participation in cricket. Phase one of this research showed that only 27% of lesbians and gay men expressed an interest in cricket compared with 31% of the population as a whole. TRUE or FALSE

  7. Michelle, a trans woman, turns up to her local running club and asks to join the women’s middle distance training session. Other women at the session feel uncomfortable because they know Michelle is trans. The coach tells Michelle she will have to come to a mixed session at the weekend. In this instance, the coach is breaking the law. TRUE or FALSE

  8. The UK is home to more than 150 LGBT sports groups and the only national 11-a-side LGBT football league in the world. TRUE or FALSE

  9. PRIDE SPORTS • Information & advice • Training • Research • LGBT Club development • LGBT community links • Investment in LGBT sport

  10. Contact Lou Englefield Director Pride Sports lou@pridesports.org 07949 604610 6 Selborne Road, Manchester, M21 0BL

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