LGBTQI+ community encouraged to participate in Gaelic Games

The formation of the Gender Diversity Working Group is just one example of the proactive work the GAA, LGFA, and Camogie Association are currently doing in the area of inclusion.

Ger McTavish works as a full-time Diversity and Inclusion Officer for all three organisations, and her brief is a wide-ranging one.

“The aim of the GAA is to offer an inclusive, diverse, and welcoming environment for everyone,” says McTavish.

“Over the last 10 years the GAA have been working very hard in the area of inclusion and integration.

“There have been many developments and many programmes implemented. The GAA For All Committee is a committee that oversees a lot of the inclusion and integration policies and also all of the initiatives.

“The GAA For All Committee is made up of the GAA, the LGFA, the Camogie Association, the Handball Association, and the Rounders Association along with many other stakeholders.

“This committee engages in the awareness campaigns and also development and guidelines around GAA For All.

“Some of the GAA For All initiatives are inter-cultural activities, wheelchair hurling and camogie, football for all with the Irish Special Schools.

“We also have inclusive Cúl Camps and All-Star programmes which are club programmes that give everyone in the community the opportunity to come and experience the GAA club.

“A lot of other programmes are underway through different training and different workshops and also an awareness campaign.

“In March we also launched a responding to racism workshop which is a two-hour workshop that gives training to our volunteers and members of GAA clubs.”

For further information on GAA For All, go HERE.

Irish LGBTQ+ Sports Clubs List 22/23, A full list of clubs can be found as a downloadable pdf

Further information on GAA officer training can be located at: https://learning.gaa.ie/OfficerTrainingCalendar