Eighty per cent of transgender people who play sports at a club feel accepted. Yet six in 10 sometimes feel unsafe, for example in the cl [...]

No previous research has been conducted in the Netherlands on sports behaviour and the level of perceived acceptance and negativity in sport among a large group of transgender [...]

The John Blankenstein Foundation celebrated its 12th anniversary on Friday 18 December. 12 years ago, Karin Blankenstein, together with Jip van Leeuwen and Henk Gregoire (wi [...]

Yesterday was Purple Friday. Besides many online guest lessons, a campaign with shirts, corner flags, captain's armbands and a television studio, the research was also [...]

In week 47, the John Blankenstein Foundation was again active in the north of the country. Below is a report of the workshops at the Alfa College in Assen and the [...]

Amsterdam korfball club Swift was the very first korfball club in the Netherlands to receive a workshop from the John Blankenstein Foundation. Juniors A1 and A2 received sa [...]

The week before Coming Out Day on 11 October saw many workshops planned! Unfortunately, not all of them could go ahead due to the virus. Fortunately, the w [...]

Worldwide, hundreds of millions of people are on and along the pitch every week because of football. One cannot think of a corner of the world where one does not play a ball [...].

Sport and exercise deserve a more important place in the election manifestos of political parties. After all, sport and exercise are crucial for an energetic, inc [...]

A large proportion of the current top Dutch hockey players, around 40 per cent, believe that it is difficult to come out in their world. […]