Examples of exclusion from sport experienced by transgender and gender
diverse people
• A trans man being told that he cannot register to play for a men’s club.
• A non-binary child being excluded from a match in a single-sex competition because of an objection
raised by the opposing team.
• A trans man in the early stages of affirming his gender being told he can no longer play on any
women’s team at his club.
• A trans girl being counted by an umpire as a male player for the purpose of allocating gendered
positions in a mixed gender competition.
• A trans woman being told she cannot coach a women’s team because only women coaches are
allowed.
• A trans woman who has begun socially transitioning being told she cannot play on the men’s team
of her sport.
• A trans woman not being able to order a tennis skirt in an appropriate size.
• A non-binary person not being able to access the women’s changeroom, where they feel more
comfortable, because the facilities owner will only unlock the men’s changeroom for training.
• A trans boy being denied membership to a club.
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