A report published by the National Union of Students (NUS) found that almost half of those at college and university who do not participate in any sport (46.8 percent) find the culture of sport to be alienating and 41.9 percent said they had a negative experience at school which has meant that they don’t want to get involved.
Only a third (34.6 percent) of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) students at college or university participate in organised team sport and one in seven (14.3 percent) said that homophobia, biphobia, or transphobia had put them off participating in sport, while many LGBT students (37.8 percent) who do take part in sport are not open about their sexuality with teammates or coaches.
There were 62.2 percent of LGBT students who had no problems with being open about their sexual orientation to their team-mates and coaches. Most of the 17.1 percent who kept quiet said it was simply because it was no one else's business and irrelevant.
Some 845 LGBT students were interviewed.
The full report is here.
