Which sports could be played easily without having gender - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• Which sports could be played easily without having gender categories? • What could be alterna/ve categories in sport?

• Female hyperandrogenism – high level of testosterone • some women disqualified or forced to change their healthy body to be able to par/cipate in compe//ons • a guy has a double level of testosterone than the other guys – should he be disqualified or forced to change his body? • a basketball player is "too tall”? – should he be disqualified or forced to change his body?

Mainstream sport - Rules too strict and discrimina/ng, especially for intersex people - Only testosterone maDers? - What about socioeconomical status? LGBTIQ sport - we can change the rules to make sport more inclusive - making our own rules where everybody will feel comfortable and safe

Inclusive sport and safe spaces for intersex people • Changing rooms and toilets - common areas of anxiety and reported harassment • RegistraDon forms and sport IDs ? ( M / F ) • How to provide safe spaces where intersex people feel comfortable with their iden//es, including the fact of not being LGBT? • Swimming pools and swimwear? • Using FINA rules in LGBTIQ sport? • Inclusive??

Inclusive sport and safe spaces for intersex people • Taboo, secrecy, shame, s/gma, discrimina/on, depression… • Sport group as a support group? • How to learn more about the specific challenges of intersex people in sport ? • Do organizers of sport ac/vi/es, trainers and sport teams in our LGBTIQ clubs know enough about intersex people and their problems in sport? • If not, what can be done to improve the situa/on?

QuesDons 1 Do we need gender categories in sport? What could be alternaDve categories?

QuesDons 2 How to provide safe spaces where intersex people feel comfortable? - changing rooms? - toilets? - swimwear and other sportswear? - registraDon forms? - shame, sDgma, depression? - learning about other challenges - educaDon of trainers, organizers, teams - ...

Do we need gender categories in sport? What could be alternaDve categories?

How to provide safe spaces where intersex people feel comfortable?

• LGBTIQ sport and mainstream sport should be more inclusive • raising awareness , taking acDons , changing the rules • LGBTIQ - add the “ I ”, but only if you are willing to work for intersex people’s rights • LGB, transgender and intersex – can be good allies • OII Europe - Organisa/on Intersex Interna/onal Europe oiieurope.org • „Standing up for the human rights of intersex people” (PDF) ILGA Europe www.ilga-europe.org