There is a place in our sport for everyone.
While sport hasn’t always been the most welcoming environment for the LGBTQIA+ community, Badminton Australia fosters inclusion, and we have a commitment to support participants, athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers, providing a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for everyone involved in our sport.
Badminton Australia will not tolerate any form of homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, bullying, harassment or vilification. This extends from the court right through to our boardroom. Truly inclusive sport cannot be accomplished by a few; it must be done in partnership. We believe that diversity brings strength, and we celebrate diversity and differences within our sport.
We hope you haven’t, but we offer a safe place for anyone to raise concerns about behaviour they’ve witnessed or experienced in our sport. We have adopted the National Integrity Framework. For more information about our policies, procedures and complaint handling processes please refer to this Sport Integrity section.
In 2023 Badminton Australia released its LGBTQIA+ Inclusion Policy and over the last few years has participated in the PSI National survey to continue identifying areas for improvement.
Badminton Australia will continue to seek advice from Pride In Sport, the Australian Human Rights Commission and LGBTQIA+ organisations on how we can continue to improve inclusion for everyone.
LGBTQIA+ Ally
For anyone who may want to have a confidential and informal conversation about LGBTQ inclusivity in badminton, please email abbie.rothery@badminton.org.au to arrange a time for a chat.
More Information and Support
Australian Sports Commission believes that everyone should be able to participate in sport and physical activity in a welcoming and inclusive way – regardless of gender, sexual orientations, ability, cultural background, ethnicity, location or life stage.
Pride in Sport is the only sporting inclusion program specifically designed to assist sporting organisation of all levels with the inclusion of employees, players, coaches, volunteers and spectators with diverse sexualities and genders. The world-first Pride In Sport Index (PSI) benchmarks and assess the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people across all sporting contexts.
The Australian Human Rights Commission is an independent statutory organisation established by an act of Federal Parliment. We protext and promote human rights in Australia and internationally.
There are also a range of external LGBTQ mental health and wellbeing service provider/support services available in the LGBTQ Participant Guide including ACON, QLife, Lifeline, TransHub, Pride Cup and Proud2Play.
