Assessment Task 3 Exemplar Research Questions: How do young transgender people experience sport and physical activity settings? How do they give meaning to their physical activity experiences? What are the barriers to participation? What activities are particularly problematic for transgender people? How do the ways in which sports are organised impact participation for transgender people? Statement of Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore young transgender adults' embodied experiences of sports spaces Research Literature Tree: Transgender and sport spaces Policy Exclusion Participation Competitive Sport Jones et al. 2016 Olympic Sykes 2006 Everyday experiences of sport and leisure Hargie et al. 2017 Competitive sport experience Carr and Krane, 2001 Experience in competitive sport Tagg 2012 Figure 1: Literature research tree Justification: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender + (LGBT+) experiences of sport, physical activity and movement continue to be significant concerns given the barriers, constraints, prejudice and discrimination evident within institutionalized sport, PE and physical activity (Hargie, Mitchell and Sommerville, 2017). However, transgender people's experience of sport and physical activity is under explored compared to lesbian and gay people (Carr and Krane, 2007). Physical activity for transgender people can be especially difficult because of the ways sport and active leisure are organised. For example, major sports organisations formulate gender policies which negatively impact upon transgender people's experience of competitive sport and participation (Jones, Arcleus, Bouman and Haycraft, 2017; Tagg, 2017; Sykes 2006). However, the primary barrier to participation is a lack of inclusive and comfortable environments (Jones et al. 2017). Research has found that the changing rooms present a fundamental barrier where public attitude is hostile towards transgender bodies (Hargie et al. 2017; Carr and Krane, 2007). Whilst there are studies on gender policy implications, there are few qualitative studies which explore the contextual everyday experiences of transgender people in sport and leisure settings. Hargie et al. (2017) conducted in-depth interviews with ten transgender persons, noting how the fear of public space constrained their ability to engage with sport and physical activity. Carr and Krane . ---
(2007) explored their own personal experience of gender policy implications for competitive sport career in track and field athletics. It is against this backdrop that more qualitative studies are needed to understand how transgender people experience a range of sport and leisure spaces, particularly public spaces where bodies are on display (e.g. the swimming pool), with a view to making these spaces more inclusive as part of a healthy lifestyle. References Hargie, O. D. W., Mitchell, D. H. & Somerville, I. J. A. 2017. 'People have a knack of making you feel excluded if they catch on to your difference': Transgender experiences of exclusion in sport. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 52(2), 223-239. Jones, B. A., Arcleus, J., Bouman, W. P. & Haycraft, E. (2016) Sport and transgender people: A systematic review of the literature relating to sport and participation and competitive sport policies. Sports Medicine, 47 (4), 701-716. Lucas-Carr, C, Krane, V. 2011. What is the T in LGBT? Supporting transgender