2020 THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK ON LGBTQ INCLUSIVE SPORT IN AUSTRALIA revolutioniseSPORT is the leading provider of membership solutions within Australian sport, servicing 190 state and national bodies as well as 13,000 clubs. It is our privilege and honour to be both the Platinum Sponsor for the 2020 Australian Pride in Sport Awards, as well as the sponsor for the 2020 Pride in Sport Index publication. Integrated Through our technology platform we aim to empower inclusive membership platform communities and shape the future of Australian sport. Throughout 2020 we are: Re-engineering our own platform to ensure that we have ‘diversity by Bespoke website builds design’; a fundamental principle in allowing our customers to support their communities at scale; Working with major sports and integration partners to ensure that they are collecting diversity data in a respectful manner, that can become an agent for change rather than exclusion; and Advanced analytics Founding, and serving as chair for the Australian Sports Data Council working group, to ensure that the way diversity is represented in data is uniform across technology in sport, in a way that brings sport into the modern age. Digital strategy development We have a responsibility to lead change. That is our commitment now, and in the future. WELCOME BEAU NEWELL National Program Manager Pride in Sport Welcome to the 2020 Pride in Sport Benchmarking the year. You can access the Practice Points data Data publication. by signing up to our dedicated PSI eNews (www. prideinsport.com.au/psi-subscribe) or by visiting the PSI This was the first index within our second iteration of section of our website (www.prideinsport.com.au/psi) the PSI. Every three years the index is assessed against current national best practice and updated to reflect Although LGBTQ inclusion has taken some amazing changes and expectations strides in Australian Sport within the past year, our industry is comparatively lagging the Corporate/ Further, this was the first large scale opportunity to Business and Health sectors. If Australian sporting codes recalibrate the PSI’s content to better reflect any shifts in intend to be truly inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community practice over the last three years. we must see further reform on things such as strategic Average scores across all PSI submissions decreased plans, participation, administrator support, registrations by 11% from 20.5 points (2019) to 18.4 points (2020). and sport promotions governance, in order to tackle While expected, it’s important to acknowledge and the alarming statistics around homophobia, biphobia understand that it is common to see a small decline in and transphobia in sport and benefit from a broader average points, as the updated iteration raises the bar membership base that is truly reflective of the wider and increases the expectation of best practice initiatives. Australian community. Entry points into each of the recognition tiers currently The efforts achieved this year couldn’t be done without sit at 31+ points for Bronze, 36+ points for Silver and 43+ the amazing support from our sponsors, supporters and points for Gold. corporate partners. Thank you to revolutioniseSPORT, For the first time we also saw a significant increase in PSI COMPPS, HSBC, Stack Sport, British Consulate General – National Survey responses (600+), which now allows us Melbourne, Play by the Rules, MinterEllison, SBS Sport, to compile this data into our newly formed PSI Practice KPMG, VicHealth, Sport Australia and the Australian Points. Rather than providing an executive summary of Human Rights Commission. the data and key findings, we have provided you with Finally, I wish to thank all Pride in Sport members for the a high-level analysis of grouped responses to each of commitment to continue working in this space, and an these questions. By doing so, those organisations who additional thanks to the 2019 Pride in Sport Advisory participated in the PSI National Survey will be able to Group whom continued to support and help steer the benchmark their findings against all respondents from Pride in Sport program in leading the way for Australian within sporting organisations active in LGBTQ inclusion. sporting codes. A further in-depth analysis of this data is spread across PSI Practice Points, published regularly via our PSI mailing list and our Pride in Sport website throughout MESSAGES FROM THE PRIDE IN SPORT PATRON ALEX BLACKWELL Pride in Sport Patron With heightened awareness regarding the rights of LGBTQ people worldwide, Pride in Sport has effectively supported Australian sporting organisations to significantly increase their engagement in inclusion practices for people with diverse sexualities and genders. More than ever before there is an expectation, from the broader community and corporate sponsors, that sports will uphold their commitment to be a place where everyone is welcome equally. Congratulations to those who have excelled in this year’s Pride in Sport Index as well as those smaller sporting bodies and individuals who have been recognised nationally for their contribution towards a more inclusive Australian sporting community. On behalf of future generations of LGBTQ sportspeople who will subsequently have a greater opportunity to reach their true athletic potential; thank you. WELCOME FROM OUR SPONSOR ALEX MEDNIS Chief Executive Officer revolutioniseSPORT On behalf of revolutioniseSPORT, it is our privilege and clubs. Our reach extends into New Zealand, Singapore, honour to be both the Platinum Sponsor for the 2020 Cook Islands and across the Asia Pacific. Australian Pride in Sport Awards, as well as the sponsor And we are determined to be champions of change. for the 2020 Pride in Sport Index publication. In 2020 we are: As an industry, we are at the crossroads of a generational change in sport. The last twelve months have seen what • re-engineering our registration platform to ensure is best described as an alignment of all of the planets that your gender identity is accurately reflected, and for making change. We have seen the launch of a new you are not excluded from your sport; and national industry body for sporting professionals. We • updating every part of our platform (from statistics, have seen sports reinvent themselves with flexible reports, competition and event entry) that refer to playing formats and future versions of the game. And, gender to be inclusive; and COVID-19 notwithstanding, we have seen the rapid uptake of technology. • working with major sports and integration partners to ensure that data around diversity is collected Technology is often the gatekeeper for sport. It is the in a respectful manner that becomes an agent for great enabler, allowing communities to connect in change rather than exclusion. ways we could never have imagined, but it can also be an agent of exclusion. It is easy for an organisation to We have also founded, and are serving as chair for hide behind the technology when it comes to building the Australian Sports Data Council working group, to and developing diverse communities. Whether this is ensure that the way data is handled by technology as simple as a registration form only allowing a binary is modernised and set for the future. The inaugural gender selection or a competition platform that does working group is focused on ensuring that diversity data not accommodate for individuals going through a (including but not limited to gender, culture, linguistic, transition – the role of technology in enabling inclusion sexuality and heritage) is captured in a standard way suddenly becomes one of exclusion. across the industry such that for reporting, transfer and statistics – the industry is moving in the same direction. revolutioniseSPORT is the industry leader in management technology in Australia. From 2012 to As the leading technology company in this space, 2020 we now service 194 state and national sporting we have a responsibility to lead change. That is our organisations – more than all other vendors within commitment now, and in the future. Australia combined. We also service 13,000 sporting The Pride in Sport Index (PSI) is an Australian benchmarking tool that will enable you to measure and compare your LGBTQ inclusion initiatives. Enhance your team's performance and gain a competitive advantage. Participation is free. www.prideinsport.com.au/psi CONTENTS ABOUT THE PSI 6 What is It? 6 History 6 What's in It? 6 How are PSI Submissions Assessed? 7 How are Award Recipients Determined? 8 TIER RECOGNITION 9 Platinum Tier Recognition 10 Gold Tier Recognition 10 Silver Tier Recognition 10 Bronze Tier Recognition 10 Participating Tier Recognition 10 2020 AWARD WINNERS 12 PRIDE IN SPORT INDEX 2020 BENCHMARKING DATA 15 UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCORE & BENCHMARKING DATASETS 16 DISTRIBUTION OF SCORES 17 PRIDE IN SPORT INDEX 2020 BENCHMARKING TABLES 19 All Submissions 20 National Sporting Organisations 21 State Sporting Organisations 22 Professional Sports Clubs 23 Funding Category 1 24 Funding Category 2 25 Funding Category 3 26 Funding Category 4 27 ABOUT THE PSI WHAT IS IT? The inaugural PSI was developed with the input of: Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian The PSI (Pride in Sport Index) is the first and only Sports Commission, The Bingham Cup Sydney, Rugby benchmarking instrument specifically designed to assess Australia (RA), Australian Football League (AFL), Football the inclusion of people of diverse sexuality and gender Federation Australia (FFA), National Rugby League within Australian sporting organisations and codes more (NRL), Cricket Australia (CA), with additional advice from broadly. Participating in the index allows Australian Basketball Australia, Golf Australia, Swimming Australia sporting organisations to not only assess their own and Water Polo Australia. practice, but also benchmark their work against other sporting organisations and via participation in the survey, assess the impact of this work on all those involved in WHAT’S IN IT? the sport, regardless of how they personally identify.