Barriers to Participation in Organized Physical Activity Among LGBTQ+ Youth: Differences by Sexual, Gender, and Racial Identities

CONCLUSIONS: LGBTQ+ youth experience individual and systemic barriers to organized physical activity, including inequitable access and bullying, and barriers are uniquely experienced across sexual, gender, and racial identities. Physical activity promotion among LGBTQ+ youth would be strengthened by policies that address inequitable access to opportunities and bias-based bullying.PMID:38626889 | DOI:10.1123/jpah.2023-0652

Source: Health Physics - April 16, 2024 Category: Physics Authors: Benjamin Parchem Jonathan Poquiz Ryan L Rahm-Knigge Elizabeth Panetta Ryan J Watson G Nic Rider Source Type: research