Outsports has learned that an NCAA Division 1 athletic conference will announce a formal partnership with the You Can Play project on Tuesday. You Can Play co-founder Patrick Burke told Outsports:
We really are overjoyed at this partnership. Getting commitments from excellent D1 schools to recognize, support, protect, and celebrate the LGBT athletic community is a major step towards ensuring full equality in college sports. LGBT athletes and their allies at these schools will be given a powerful voice to make their arenas welcoming environments. It shows tremendous leadership by the conference to be first to step up on this endeavor.
Outsports has learned that an NCAA Division 1 athletic conference will announce a formal partnership with the You Can Play project on Tuesday. You Can Play co-founder Patrick Burke told Outsports:
We really are overjoyed at this partnership. Getting commitments from excellent D1 schools to recognize, support, protect, and celebrate the LGBT athletic community is a major step towards ensuring full equality in college sports. LGBT athletes and their allies at these schools will be given a powerful voice to make their arenas welcoming environments. It shows tremendous leadership by the conference to be first to step up on this endeavor.
We're told the ground-breaking partnership is a deep commitment by the conference that will affect every coach and athlete at every member school.
Which conference will it be? Check back Tuesday morning.
