Making It Better Now: Ending Homophobia and Transphobia in School Athletics and Physical Education
Posted Sun, 20 May 2012, 12:00pm
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 m Read more...
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:
- www.tdsb.on.ca/_site/viewitem.asp?siteid=15&menuid=5018&pageid=4377
- http://sports.glsen.org
- www.OPHEA.net
- http://YouCanPlayProject.org
- www.CAAWS.ca/StepUpSpeakOut/e/index.cfm
- http://AthleteAlly.com
- www.WhoIsNobody.com
- www.GForceSports.org
- http://www.youtube.com/user/TGHAGayHockey
- Your Equity Rep
- Challenging Homophobia and Heterosexism: A K-12 Curriculum Resource Guide
- Rainbows and Triangles: A Curriculum Document for Challenging Homophobia and Heterosexism in the K-6 Classroom (2002)