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Here's why Canadian non-binary youth avoid team sports, according to a B.C. study (bc.ctvnews.ca)

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The research found that just 11 per cent of non-binary youth between the age of 15 and 29 play an organized team sport.

Meanwhile, the sport participation rate among all Canadian youth aged 13 to 19 is 70 per cent, according to Martha Gumprich, the study’s author.

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[–] nocturne213@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Here is the why:

It found that 66 per cent of non-binary youth who avoided joining a team sport did so because they would have to play on a men’s or women’s team.

The study also found that 80 per cent avoided sports because of locker room layouts. Half of the non-binary youth who don’t participate in sports cited teammates and coaches as the reason.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Half of the non-binary youth who don’t participate in sports cited teammates and coaches as the reason.

Oh man, that's awful.