Coaches
As a coach, the best thing you can do is advocate on behalf of trans athletes. If you have trans or nonbinary athletes who are impacted by this policy on your team, ask them how they want to be supported and take the time to listen. You can also talk to your gym managers to ask them encourage USA Climbing to include trans, nonbinary, and intersex athletes in the creation of the new TAP Policy!
Send a letter to your gym manager:
To [your managing staff],
As much as I love coaching and representing [gym name] at USA Climbing comps, I was disappointed and disheartened to hear the news of USA Climbing’s Transgender Athlete Participation policy and the many ways it impacts and excludes transgender athletes.
It has come to my attention that USA Climbing is in the works of a new policy and they they are taking into consideration the feedback of trans, nonbinary, and intersex athletes in this new process.
If possible, can our organization send a letter of support to USA Climbing at this time to encourage them to continue to listen to the impacted communities in our sport?
Sincerely,
[your name]