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OutPlay Squash is a fully inclusive London based squash group for LGBTQIA+ squash players and friends. We welcome players of all ability levels and cater for complete beginners up to very good club players.

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In celebration of Pride Month, we talk with the tournament director of 24 international LGBT + European squash events to find out more. In , he came out as gay, announcing it on Twitter, thus becoming the first openly gay professional male squash player in the world. [4] At the time he was ranked No. 1 in the United States out of all male squash players. [5][6]. Two-time U.S. Men’s National Champion Todd Harrity made history by becoming the first male squash professional to come out as openly gay.

Harrity, currently ranked world No. 54 and a member of the US Squash Elite Athlete Program (EAP), made the announcement to his social media followers on April On court, playing squash, we’re all hitting that next ball, running to the opposite corner, no matter your race, gender, age or sexuality, but we could do so much more to let LGBT+ people know that they are welcome on court with us. Squash can be known as an inclusive sport but little appears to be done as a sport to highlight that fact.

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Matt hopes that this initiative will serve as "a beacon of joy and hope for folks, and that they can find their way to this. Open Squash women celebrate the summer with outdoor squash More than 30 women came out to play and socialize at our first outdoor squash event in collaboration with Maspeth Squash. The round robins have evolved since their inception.

At a holiday party in December, he ran into a friend who just moved back from London who told him about OutPlay Squash , a fully inclusive round robin league. Looking at the wider sporting landscape, the squash ace feels that athletes could use their platform to help young LGBT individuals who might be struggling with their sexuality. Game-based squash training ideas week two: Left v Right. Learn more about the initiatives leading up to LA How to play squash Know the basics of squash!

Learn More. Each month the group hosts a beginners clinic with coaches for small group lessons. Matt and the NYC Squash Club are working to "make it friendly, demystify it," providing rackets, glasses, and loaner shoes to participants. Rookie referee Vita on her ambitions to officiate squash at LA Championship Records.

The year-old wants to serve as a similar role model for young squash players, and reflected on what she would tell young LGBT people who may be struggling. After years of campaigning, the sport was officially included in the Olympic program for the LA Games, symbolizing its growing global appeal and dynamic nature. World Squash and SquashLevels announce groundbreaking global partnership.

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