Queer Sports DB is a community-built directory of sports clubs for queer athletes, of any level. Soccer leagues, flag football games, pick-up basketball, ice hockey, and more — all in one searchable place.
Finding queer-friendly sports communities can be hard. This makes it easier.
Anyone can submit a club. Submissions are reviewed before going live to keep the directory accurate and relevant. Once approved, clubs are searchable and filterable by sport, skill level, and season.
No ads. No algorithms. Just a list.
Some clubs in this directory carry a trans flag 🏳️⚧️ next to their name. It means the club has made an explicit, public statement welcoming trans athletes: on their website, their instagram, their bylaws, or somewhere people can see it.
A lot of these clubs are doing this in direct defiance of their national governing bodies. Some of these clubs technically fall under national federations (USA Powerlifting, USA Hockey, USA Rugby) that have policies that restrict or outright ban trans participation. These clubs have looked at those policies and said "no." They've chosen their community over their federation, and they've put it in writing.
If you've had an experience with a club that doesn't support their stated values around supporting trans athletes, please reach out via the contact page
Some clubs carry a pink heart 🩷 next to their name. This means the club has specific language about being centered on lesbians and women. That might be in their name, their mission statement, their bylaws, or how they describe themselves online.
Women have been excluded from sports for a long time: underfunded, deprioritized, left out of facilities and leagues, told their games weren't worth watching. Clubs that center women and lesbians exist partly as a response to that history. They're doing the work of building the community that mainstream sports didn't build for them.
Lesbian/women-centered doesn't mean exclusive. We believe the strongest clubs hold both things at once — centering women and lesbians and being explicitly trans-inclusive. Those aren't in tension. We believe in clubs that do both.
If a club is looking for an example of bylaws that center women and lesbians while staying firmly trans-inclusive, we recommend the Dyke Soccer Mxifesto as a starting point. Queer Sports DB operates from the same ethos as their NO GENDER POLICING guideline:
NO GENDER POLICINGPlayers will never be asked to share their gender identity in order to play. We are for whomever this feels like home.
We ask cisgender men to respect that our central goal is to create space and time on the pitch for queer women, transfolx, and gender-variant players. Further, there is often already ample playspace for cisgender men. We hope that our mission is clear enough that people will self-determine whether this is a space for them.
All being said, we would rather take the chance of playing with a few cisgender men over being TERFy.
Skill — Recreational means all levels are welcome. Competitive means the club is built around higher-level play. Some clubs have both because they run multiple teams, or pick-up nights split by skill level. If you're new, look for rec. If you want a harder game, look for comp.
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