Project Name
Barriers and Facilitators to UBC Sexual and Gender Minority Students
Team Members
Benjamin Hives
Naomi Maldonado-Rodriguez
Project Summary
The project will examine sexual and gender minority (e.g., lesbian, gay, queer, bi, transgender, non-binary, two-spirited) university students’ perceptions of, and experiences with, physical activity. The project team will conduct focus groups with 20 sexual and gender minority students. Through these focus groups, patterns will be identified within the students’ stories to illuminate the role of their intersecting identities in shaping their previous experiences with, and current preferences for, physical activity. The results of this project will inform the creation of recommendations for how to create and promote inclusive physical activity programming for, by, and with sexual and gender minority students.
