Dr Ryan Storr

“I had to out myself” – are sports bodies violating Trans+ people’s right to privacy? QueerAF speaks to experts and victims of Trans+ sports bans about how this might be a breach of their right to privacy, which could see legal challenges

QueerAF speaks to experts and victims of Trans+ sports bans about how this might be a breach of their right to privacy, which could see legal challenges

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out-myself-are-sports-bodies-violating-trans-peoples-right-to-privacy/

the story on The Flying Bats will air on ABC at 7:30pm AEST tonight! tune in to learn more about our amazing club, our 40-year history of creating inclusion in sport, and our battles against anti-trans activists. we’d love you to show support by using the hashtag #footballforall 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚽️🦇

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Today is Transgender Day of Visibility. Trans folk are having to resist relentless attacks by politicians, media, academics, etc who trash them as an “ideology” and seek to censor their lives. We must work harder to end erasure of trans people and make trans visibility, freedom and safety a reality.

Friendship, fitness and freedom: why LGBTQ+ Australians are turning to sports clubs to find ‘queer joy’ A growing number of fitness groups are catering to the queer community, with the opportunity to build genuine connections the biggest drawcard

“CEOs might believe they’re inclusive because they’ve had no complaints, or they might believe it’s a safe environment because there’s a gay man on the board or the women’s team is full of lesbians, but that’s laughable.”
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

World Athletics planning amendments to female eligibility guidelines World Athletics has begun a consultation period for an updated set of regulations for transgender and difference of sex development (DSD) athletes, with a cheek swab test among a number of proposals being considered, the governing body said on Monday.

World Athletics said Mon. it plans to go back to mandatory sex testing for ALL women, ban all trans women and DSD athletes, and return to requiring cheek swabs, a version of chromosome testing discontinued in the 1990s for being unscientific, harmful & invasive. www.reuters.com/sports/athle...

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Meant right wing but white wing is also pretty apt lol

You think their white wing echo chamber on twitter would be enough …

I thought we escaped them! Just shows you they are obsessed with spreading hate

I’m quietly pleased that MM is sufficiently annoyed.^

^but only because that has delivered us all our next fave Substack.

Queensland government halts hormone treatment for new trans patients under 18 Health Minister Tim Nicholls unveiled the pause on Tuesday as he also announced a review into the evidence for stage one and two hormone therapies for children with gender dysphoria.

“It should be a medical discussion and decision between an individual and their doctors — not one made by politicians.”

Politicians must stop weaponising their anxieties to block medical transition. Trans people shouldn’t be denied care because those in positions of power object to their existence.

BREAKING NEWS: META AND MARK ZUCKERBERG REMOVE LONG-STANDING ANTI-LGBTQ HATE SPEECH POLICIES AFTER ANNOUNCING END OF FACT-CHECKING PROGRAM | GLAAD Meta Quietly Removes Major Sections of Hateful Conduct Policies Protecting LGBTQ People and Other Marginalized People GLAAD: “Zuckerberg’s removal of fact-checking programs and industry-standard hate ...

Meta has quietly removed major sections of its hate speech policy protecting LGBTQ people, people of color, women, immigrants, and other marginalized groups. Today’s alarming policy changes will allow anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, and cease to protect LGBTQ users from being targeted with such attacks

Cardiff Dragons FC players holding a huge Football v Homophobia flag, pictured in 2018

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Hi! Just in case we need to reintroduce ourselves 😉 … we’re Football v Homophobia 👋

Since 2010, we’ve been tackling anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in football through education, at all levels of the game, and creating community-building projects.

🩷⚫️ www.footballvhomophobia.com

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Nice to catch up with good people last night in Gtown!

Huge congratulations to all the winners, and a big shoutout to the amazing Swinburne Media team for all their support, especially Breck Carter and Max Halden!
📸 = @drryanstorr.bsky.social

C u both on Friday if you are still there!

For as the research highlights we hear these comments so often it becomes normalised and we learn to accept it - that it’s just the norm. We need to break this norm- every LGBTIQA+ person deserves to go to work knowing they will be safe and free of harrassment.

But like sexist comments and behaviour - we need to show that we don’t accept them and they are harmful and damaging. If you see or hear a LGBTIQA+ person receive these comments - check in on them and ensure they are ok….

people feel entitled to question, comment, and harass people about these topics because that’s what they assume and think we are- who we have sex with.
Good allyship is calling these comments and behaviour out - or calling in.

Reducing LGBTIQA+ identities to sex and private spaces of the bedroom is wrong - and we don’t do this or speak like this about cisgender or heterosexual people - so people need to stop doing this. This is why I believe there is such a high prevalence….

For example- many sports clubs/ orgs- when questioned or prompted to reflect on how many LGBTIQA+ people may be in their club, publicly open about their identity- a common response is ‘we don’t need to know what goes on in the bedroom’ or ‘it’s none of our business who people have sex with’.

Thank you to Prof Kerry Robinson Dr Cristyn Davies and the team for leading this important research.

What stands out to me, in comparison to some of my work and research - is reducing LGBTIQA+ identities and relationships to sex and sexualising our communities.

Yesterday saw the launch of an important report led by colleagues in Sydney - on the experiences of LGBTIQA+ young people + sexual harrassment. The results are shocking but not surprising -with 77% of LGBTIQA+ young people experiencing workplace sexual harrassment.
www.anrows.org.au/media-releas...

Wohoo congrats! So good!

go.bsky.app/Nh5ztK8

Welcome to the SMAANZ 2024 Starter Pack! This is a curated list to help conference attendees connect, share ideas, and keep up with everything happening in Geelong.

If you’re coming to the conference and want to join or know someone I have missed, please let me know!

Laptop looking very woke now! 🤣

Again, totally not sure if I'm doing this right! Here's a starter pack of Australian and Kiwi sport researchers - shout out below if you would like me to add you or others to the list as they start to pop up here go.bsky.app/5sv3gYP

What is ‘heteroactivism’? How sports became a battleground for opposing LGBTIQ+ progress The impact of ongoing heteroactivism in sports is profound and has halted progress for LGBTIQ+ people in that field.

Second article which provides a summary of resistance to LGBTIQA+ equalities in sport theconversation.com/what-is-hete...

Sports are supposed to be for all – but new research reveals just how few LGBTQI+ people play sport Young LGBTQI+ people are much less likely to play sport than the broader population, new Australian research has revealed.

Link to recent article - summarising a recent 2 year research project I Led. theconversation.com/sports-are-s...

@audreygiles.bsky.social Hi Audrey - so great to meet you in person in Chicago - was great to chat. Nice to see you on here- hoping academics migrate on here too so I can stay up to date with everyone’s research!!