Out on the Fields Media Center
Five Years Out – Progress Report
VIDEO SUPPORTING NEW RESEARCH
On December 3, 2020 three studies were released by Monash University in partnership with Out on the Fields and Sport Management Review and supported by Pride Sports UK, You Can Play, the Australian Government, Amnesty International, Sydney Convicts RUFC, and other partners. These studies update the original Out on the Fields findings (which you can find here):
- The first study statistically investigated whether LGB youth who come out in sport experience more or less homophobic abuse.
- The second study investigated the current rates of homophobic language use in male team sport settings, by both adults and teens. It is the first to investigate why current solutions are not effective.
- The third study is a global review of research conducted on LGBTQ people in sport since 2008.
This new website was also launched with new videos and timelines of research and the lack of response by sport bodies.
We also launched new hubs of research on the impacts/harm, statistics on discrimination, causes of discrimination, and evidence-based solutions.
FAILURE TO PROTECT LGBTQ PEOPLE FROM DISCRIMINATION IS A SERIOUS VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAWS
– 2015 Joint Statement by UN Agencies
MEDIA MATERIALS
Progress assessments from key athletes
Multi-Media Content to support the release of the research
Homophobia in sport is a “critical public health issue”
Scott Greenspan and his team of American researchers systematically reviewed and synthesized of all research they could find on the experiences of gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth and gender diverse youth in sport settings. Systematic reviews aim to find as much...