Trans Athletes Resources
Sports Are For Everyone
Transgender and gender-diverse athletes belong in sports at every level.
Creating welcoming teams does not mean ignoring questions about competition, safety, or sport-specific policy. It means approaching those questions with care, evidence, consistency, and respect for the athletes involved.
These resources are for athletes, coaches, families, administrators, officials, and fans who want to understand trans participation in sport and create environments where athletes can play as themselves.
Welcome
Trans athletes play recreationally, in schools, clubs, colleges, community leagues, and elite competition.
But participation policies are not uniform. They can differ substantially depending on the sport, age group, governing body, jurisdiction, and level of competition.That means there isn't one universal answer to every question about transgender participation.
The first question should always be: "How can we make sure this game is fun, fair, and competitive for all?"
you don't need to be an expert to be a good teammate
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Use the athlete's name and pronouns.
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Protect their privacy. (An athlete's medical history, transition status, hormone use, or sex assigned at birth is personal information.)
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Questions about policy should be handled by the appropriate administrator or governing body rather than placed on the athlete.
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Trans athletes should be held to the same standards of sportsmanship, effort, conduct, and teamwork as everyone else.
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Address harassment early. This includes jokes, comments, locker-room behavior, online harassment, illegal checks, or deliberate misgendering.
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Focus on the athlete, not the controversy. A trans athlete is a teammate first.
