NCAA Inclusion Initiative Framework
As a core value, the NCAA believes in and is committed to diversity, inclusion and gender equity among its student-athletes, coaches and administrators. We seek to establish and maintain an inclusive culture that fosters equitable participation for student-athletes and career opportunities for coaches and administrators from diverse backgrounds. Diversity and inclusion improves the learning environment for all student-athletes, and enhances excellence within the Association.
The NCAA will provide or enable programming and education which sustains foundations of a diverse and inclusive culture across dimensions of diversity including, but not limited to age, race, sex, class, creed, educational background, disability, gender expression, geographical location, income, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation and work experiences. Programming and education will also strive to support equitable laws and practices, increase opportunities for individuals from historically underrepresented groups to participate in intercollegiate athletics at all levels, and enhance hiring practices for all athletics personnel to facilitate more inclusive leadership in intercollegiate athletics.
NCAA Resources
- NCAA LGBTQ Subcommittee Statement Supporting Student-athletes
- NCAA releases comprehensive LGBTQ resource - Champions of Respect
- Order Safe Zone Ally stickers and magnets
- Student-Athlete Campus Climate Survey report - Center for the Study of Higher Education, PSU
- NCAA develops transgender student-athlete participation resources
- Best practices: NCAA Inclusion of Transgender Student-Athletes Best Practices
- Instructional video by Dr. Betsy Crane, Widener
- Transgender Workshop Powerpoint
- 2013 Dept of Justice/Ed settlement re transgender student discrimination
- Positive Recruiting Resources -- find articles and resources to help discuss ethical recruiting
- NCAA Diversity Education (Diversity Training Workshops)
- Articles of interest:
- NFL Prospect Michael Sam Comes Out
- “On the Team: Equal Opportunities for Transgender Student Athletes,” released on October 4, 2010
Organizations
- Video awareness projects:
- Office for Civil Rights Guidance on Bullying and Harassment, 2010
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- Go! Generation Out Athletes - LGBTA outreach, support and advocacy organization for student-athletes
- Athlete Ally
- American College Personnel Association (ACPA)
- Br{ache the Silence
- GLAAD
- GLSEN - The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
- GLSEN's research brief, The Experiences of LGBT Students in School Athletics, is an in-depth look at the experiences of LGBT student athletes, using data from GLSEN's 2011 National School Climate Survey. The survey included responses from 8,584 secondary school students between the ages of 13 and 20. Respondents were from all 50 states and the District of Columbia and from 3,224 unique school districts.
- Federation of Gay Games
- Women’s Sports Foundation
- APA Policy Statement: Transgender, Gender Identity, & Gender Expression Non-Discrimination
Articles of interest
- Interviewing Gay Candidates
- Inside Higher Ed - Accommodating trans students
- Out College Basketball Player Happy Being Just One Of The Guys
- Robbie Rogers, Jason Collins & Gay Athletes: Plenty of History Still to Be Made
- Coming Out Kicking - Openly gay football player at MTSU
- Campus Pride’s 2018 Best of the Best LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges & Universities
- GLSEN Launches Changing the Game: The GLSEN Sports Project to Address LGBT Issues in K-12 Sports
- Pat Griffin’s LGBT Sports Blog
- Asking More Than Male or Female, Inside Higher Ed, August 12, 2010
- NASPA Knowledge Community
- Huffington Post
- Change Candidates: As some young athletes wrestle with gender identity, athletics policymakers are preparing for a sexual evolution.
- Pilgrim, Jill; Martin, David & Binder, Will, “Far from the Finish Line: Transsexualism and Athletic Competition” Fordham Media and Entertainment Law Journal, April 23, 2003
Research
- Tucker Center, University of Minnesota
- Penn State Center for the Study of Higher Education