1. What can team captains and other team leaders do to help make a team more respectful of lesbian, gay, bisexual team members and other team members?
Take the lead in including LGBT teammates in team social activities.
Discourage the use of anti-gay or sexist language among teammates.
Let your coach know if you think there is a problem on the team with treatment of LGBT players.
2. What can team captains and other team leaders do to help make a team more respectful of people who do not conform to traditional gender expectations?
Take the lead in challenging the need for males to be rigidly "macho" and for females to be "feminine."
Discourage teammates who taunt or tease others who do not conform to rigid gender expectations.
3. What can all team members do to help make a team more respectful of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender team members and LGBT athletes from other schools?
Reach out to LGBT teammates and convey your support.
Stand behind and stick up for your LGBT teammates, as if you would every other teammate, display good sportsmanship.
4. What can teams do when members of other teams are disrespectful to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender teammates?
Stand up for your LGBT teammate.
Tell your coach what is going on so she or he can address it with the other coach.
5. How can a team including many different kinds of people work together effectively and treat each other with respect?
Get to know each other, do things together outside of team activities.
Learn how to disagree with someone, but still treat them with respect.
Appreciate ways that diversity on a team is a strength.
Respect people for their character and actions, don.t judge them on their membership in a group.
6. What can straight athletes of color on your team do to make sure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender athletes of color feel welcomed?
Include them in social activities away from the rest of the team.
Tell them that you are a friend who will support them.
Do not participate in anti-gay conversations or use anti-gay slurs.
7. What can you say when you hear a teammate say "fag," "dyke," or "that's so gay"?
Tell them you don't like language that puts a group of people down.
Tell them that kind of language hurts the team by making the team look prejudiced.
8. What can you say when you hear coaches use anti-gay language to motivate athletes?
Talk with the coach about your feelings about this and ask her or him to stop.
Tell the coach you know this makes LGBT members of the team feel unsafe.
Tell the athletic director or your parents and ask them to speak with the coach.
9. How can athletes demonstrate leadership in making their school safe for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students?
Stop other students in the school from using anti-gay or sexist language.
Stop other students in the school from harassing students who are gay or who do not conform to traditional gender expectations.
Attend events sponsored by the school Gay-Straight Alliance.
Ask that all teachers and coaches in the school have staff development sessions on how to make the school safe for LGBT students.