The Eastern Athletic Trainers Association Convention 2025
Lex is facilitating his workshop, “Trans in Athletics: Inclusion & ‘Fairness’?” at The EATA Convention on Sunday, January 12, 2025.
Convention information here.
Trans in Athletics: Inclusion & “Fairness”?
Time: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Session Description:
CEUs: 2
Capacity: 75
Misinformation and disinformation are driving fear and discrimination of the trans athletes, primarily transfeminine people. We will understand how to approach the “debate” based on current legal, medical, and scientific knowledge, dismantling two core misconceptions, which are rooted in transmysogynoir and
cissexism. Participants will leave with tools to engage in dialogue on the “debate”, in addition to best practices for supporting and advocating for non-binary and trans athletes at individual and institutional levels. Participants will gain foundational information on gender, leaving with next steps and tangible tools to put best practices into action to better support and advocate for non-binary and transgender people in athletics.
We must intentionally cultivate athletic spaces that are welcoming, safe, and supportive of LGBTQ+ people. This requires us to have foundational knowledge/language to be able to engage in the conversation, paired with tangible tools and best practices that we can use to be allies in action. This workshop equips participants with the knowledge and the tools needed to effectively create affirming spaces within athletics to better support their LGBTQ+ athletes and peers.
Presented by Lex Horwitz, a queer, transgender former collegiate athlete and current coach.
Session Goals:
Understand assumptions, interactions and barriers that uniquely impact the experience of non-binary, trans, gender diverse, and intersex people in athletics
Leave with peer reviewed resources/data and talking points to effectively engage in conversation on trans and intersex athletes that support inclusion (from a place of empowerment)
Further engage in and/or develop advocacy strategies for supporting non-binary, trans and intersex athletes
Some content areas include:
Break down of gender by separately addressing:
Gender identity
Gender expression
Sex assigned at birth / affirming sex
Defining cisgender and transgender
Defining gender roles and stereotypes and gender attribution
Objectives:
Gain an inclusive and affirming understanding of gender
Critically think about areas of improvement to better support non-binary and transgender people in athletics
Leave with next steps and tangible tools to put best practices into action in our communities
Takeaways:
Best practices on how to ensure that everyone is proactively cultivating an inclusive, affirming, and safe environment where all LGBTQIA+ people are welcomed and thriving
