Making It Better Now: Ending Homophobia and Transphobia in School Athletics and Physical Education

On 4 May 2012, OUTSPORT TORONTO presented a workshop at the Toronto District School Board's FUTURES 2012 conference, the theme of which was "Equity and Inclusive Education".  OUTSPORT TORONTO's workshop (entitled "Making It Better Now: Ending Homophobia and Transphobia in School Athletics and Physical Education") was focused on accessibility of physical education, intermural, and varsity athletics to LGBT students.  The material from that workshop is below.

OutSport Toronto TDSB Futures 2012 Workshop Presentation.pdf (715.95 KB)
Then and Now - 720p.mp4 (17.27 MB)
TDSB action items.docx (58.67 KB)
Athlete Ally Pledge.docx (24.92 KB)
Participants' Pledge.docx (30.79 KB)

 

If you wish to see the Then and Now video without downloading, it is also embedded below, and can be found at http://youtu.be/nZANscq4yME .

In addition to the above material, the original "Your Can Play" public service announcement video from the You Can Play Project was used.  This video can be found at http://youtu.be/SXoTRTAw6Dc .

At the end of our presentation, we listed the following resources: