Many times college athletics are forgotten about or lost in the shuffle of LGBTQ outreach and education. For far too long, no one has known the score when it comes to LGBTQ-inclusion and friendliness in collegiate sports programs. Campus Pride is leading the way in researching LGBTQ athletes’ experiences and providing colleges with resources to create more inclusive athletics departments. Search these resources for specific educational initiatives from Campus Pride, valuable information related to LGBTQ athletes and our featured educational partners.
Campus Pride Sports Index: The Campus Pride Sports Index provides a critical foundation of understanding as well as a vital tool for assisting colleges and universities in ongoing efforts to improve intercollegiate athletics and collegiate recreation for LGBTQ players, coaches, participants, staff and fans.
Out to Play Project: The Out to Play Project is designed to address anti-LGBT slurs, bias and conduct in college sports through research, education, and benchmarking to determine what it means to be LGBT-friendly in college athletics. Campus Pride in partnership with Compete Magazine recently released the first ever LGBT-Friendly Top 10 List for College Athletics.
Campus Pride LGBTQ National College Athlete Report: In 2012, Campus Pride released the first-ever national collegiate research report sharing the experiences of nearly 400 self-identified LGBT athletes and providing resources for further progress on LGBT issues in college athletics. Order now.
GO! Athletes: GO! Athletes connects LGBTQA student-athletes with other LGBTQA student-athletes, and serve as a united voice to encourage schools to create safer spaces. GO! Athletes is dedicated to educating athletes, coaches, administrators, and fans to foster athletic communities that are accepting of ALL, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation: The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation, Inc. is the world’s first foundation dedicated to raising awareness of the long-term, damaging effects of bullying, and funding those doing real-world work to stop it. The organization stands up against bullying regardless of to whom it happens and include removing homophobia from sports as central to their mission.