Life Is A Disco

21 Sep 2023

Hayley Conway, CEO of Pride Cup Engaging with sports clubs within multicultural communities

Society & Culture, Sports & Recreation

Pride Cup is the LGBTIQ+ inclusion organisation leading PrideRound and PrideGame sports events around Australia. Pride Cup works with over 30 different sports codes and 600 teams nationally.

Hayley Conway speaks with us:

(1:27) about the Pride Cup
(1:59) how they engage with multicultural communities to be an inclusive club
(5:11) how they assist clubs when a member doesn’t want to wear pride colours
(8:39) how powerful sport is as a shared value
(12:40) which multicultural communities do rainbow inclusion really well and why
(15:51) what should LGBTIQ leaders do to foster acceptance within sport and why the professionalisation of women’s sport is important to foster inclusion
(18:30) when FIFA banned wearing the one love armband during the FIFA Women’s World Cup
(22:02) whether there is a difference of inclusion across different sports and the Pride Celebration Round of the A-League
(26:01) how a club can develop the skills for making spaces inclusive
(27:30) is there a difference between inclusion within male and female clubs and how to navigate other clubs that are not so inclusive, working with clubs about dealing with homophobic language on and off the field
(30:26) how to engage with Pride Cup.

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