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Pride Month 2024: Celebrating and Championing LGBT+ Communities within squash
LGBT Pride Month is dedicated to the celebration and commemoration of LGBT+ pride.
Pride Month began after the Stonewall riots, a series of gay liberation protests in 1969, and has since spread outside of the United States.
Pride Month both honours the movement for LGBT rights and celebrates LGBT culture.
Why is it important that sport engages with Pride Month?
Whilst Pride Month is a celebration of the LGBT+ community, its also an important moment to uphold their rights and highlight the issues this community faces.
The challenges the LGBT+ community face are still present across the globe, and The PSA World Tour & PSA Foundation are proud to support all LGBT+ players at all levels, supporters of the game and more.
64 countries in the world still consider being LGBT+ illegal, and within many countries where it is legal, LGBT+ individuals are often denied basic rights and are ill-treated.
Even for countries with strong LGBT+ rights, pride month remains a reminder to ensure these rights are still in place, and to combat the issues LGBT+ people still face.
One in five LGBT people have experienced a hate crime or incident because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity in the last 12 months
Sport as a whole has an important responsibility to create spaces where LGBTQ+ people feel safe, included, and supported.
Sport is a fundamental aspect of many individuals’ health and well-being and every person has the right to enjoy and take part in our sport.
We aim to support the LGBT+ squash community by:
-Ensuring that from the World Tour to local clubs, squash is an inclusive game
-Promoting a community where LGBT+ players are accepted on and off court
-Highlighting the various LGBT+ tournaments that take place across the world as an opportunity and example of inclusive sport
As a Tour and Foundation, we want to bring light to more LGBT+ topics, support this community further and learn from these communities about how we can make our sport more welcoming.
