Inclusive Sports, Fitness & Wellness Program
Details
Northern Alberta
The Idea
Many 2SLGBTQ+ community members will not access sports, recreation and fitness facilities over fear for their safety; this is especially true for people who are trans or non-binary. A lack of gender neutral change rooms, uneducated staff, and new provincial legislation all exasperate this issue.
We want to provide multiple ways for our queer community to be able to participate in sports and physical fitness programs. We want to offer a variety of activities throughout the year, to be able to connect as many people as possible. The activities we would like to do are: inclusive swims, golf day, softball game, soccer game, yoga classes, skating, archery, ball hockey, pickle ball, climbing wall, martial arts and self defense classes. Ideally we would like to offer 3 of these activities per month.
To ensure these activities are safe and affirming, we will rent/book facilities to ensure we have private use, and hire instructors that are safe and inclusive.