Beyond the Gender Binary: A First Steps Guide Toward Transgender and Non-Binary Inclusion in Sport for Development

This guide and the accompanying research aim to answer the question of how Sport for Development (SfD) organisations are taking action to include transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming (trans) youth. Involved in the research are nine Laureus Sport for Good Foundation funded partners from six different countries: The Wave Project in the UK; Naz Foundation in India; Skateistan in South Africa and Afghanistan; ChildFund Sport for Development in Laos; Active Communities Network in Northern Ireland; School of Hard Knocks in Wales; Waves for Change in South Africa; Slum Soccer in India; and The Running Charity in the UK. Each of these nine organisations had previously identified a lack of trans youth in their programmes and participated in the research as to share and exchange with others about how to address trans exclusion. This guide is a result of their reflections on what initial actions they have taken to be more trans inclusive.