The Gender Game

The Gender Game will explore the themes of trans inclusion, mental health, bodily autonomy, human rights, fairness and safety.
Without enough research to date into the effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT – testosterone and oestrogen) on the human body, misinformation and public debate continues to exclude trans and gender diverse people from sport. As Algerian boxer Imane Khelif discovered at the 2024 Paris Olympics, even if you’re not trans, you’re not safe from abuse if your gender comes into question. It’s only getting worse as US President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning trans women from competing in female categories of sport – from high school to university and grassroots sport. The International Olympic Committee, World Athletics, World Rugby, World Aquatics and even The International Chess Federation have banned trans participation. The Gender Game debunks the myths, bringing scientific research and personal experience to the conversation.

Our impact vision is to have Australia lead the way in reimagining sport and celebrating trans participation in sport.

Our impact goals are:
1). Create a critical mass of support across Australia to ensure the safe and encouraged participation of trans and gender diverse people across all sports.
2). To begin an online support register for trans participation signed by sports peak bodies
3). To remove exogenous testosterone levels from trans men’s participation in sport
4). To increase support at community level for trans and gender diverse participation in sport

Mitch’s networks in both the queer and sports communities gives them a unique ability to transverse and unite both spaces for our impact goals to be well researched, executed and delivered upon. They are currently working at Proud 2 Play, expanding the Rainbow Ready Program across Australia and sit on the Sports Integrity Australia Culture and Safety Advisory Committee so they are actively connected with and working on inclusion within both the community and elite level of sport in Australia. The majority of our team are queer and 50% are gender diverse including our production crew.

We will have specific calls to action for different audiences and these will be developed throughout the production and closer to the release date based on what change levers each audience is capable of achieving.