The Mason Athletics Department is committed to celebrating and fostering diversity & inclusion within its 22 athletic teams and administration. The department is dedicated to ensuring equality, respect and safety for all student-athletes, specifically as it relates to sexual orientation and/or gender identity and gender expression. If you can play, you can play.
In spring 2021, Mason was named one of just 10 Division I athletic departments to post a perfect score of 100 on Athlete Ally's Athletic Equality Index. The department retained its perfect score in 2022. George Mason University also holds a perfect score of five on the Campus Pride Index. That makes George Mason University one of just four Division I schools in the nation to boast a perfect 100 on the AEI and a 5 on the CPI.Â
LGBTQ+ Resources
The George Mason University Athletic Department and the George Mason University LGBTQ+ Resources office work together throughout the year to promote LGBTQ+ inclusion. In addition to co-sponsoring the annual Mason Pride Game, the two offices also partner to craft policies, programming and safety protections for Mason's LGBTQ+ Students and Student-Athletes.Â
Mason Athletics partnered with the University LGBTQ+ Resource Office to hold a Safe Zone+ training for athletics staff and student-athletes on August 17, 2023 via Zoom. The department also encourages student-athletes, faculty and staff to take part in additional safe zone trainings offered by the LGBTQ+ Resources Office. These trainings are available throughout the academic year.
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George Mason Safe Zone Workshops
The programs and services offered by George Mason University are open to all who seek them. George Mason does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic national origin (including shared ancestry and/or ethnic characteristics), sex, disability, military status (including veteran status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, pregnancy status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. After a thorough review of its policies and practices, the university confirms that it meets all federal mandates as articulated in federal law, as well as recent executive orders and federal agency directives.
For more information on the George Mason LGBTQ+ Resources Office, visit:
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University LGBTQ+ Resources
LGBTQ+ Resources Office Contact Info
(P) 703-993-2702
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lgbtq@gmu.edu
Staff Guide
George Mason Athletics LGBTQ+ Links
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University Non-Discrimination Policy
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NCAA Transgender Student-Athlete Policy
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Annual Pride Game/Event
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Mason Athletics Boasts Perfect AEI Score
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LGBTQ+ Student-Athlete Group
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Mason Athletics Equality Impact Award
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Fan Code of Conduct
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NCAA LGBTQ+ Resources
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