MLQ Creative Designer Jane Arnett is bisexual and proud. A former member of MLQ’s Rochester Whiteout and a current member of Quidditch Canada’s Calgary Lightning, Arnett attributes much of their positive experience to their teammates. “The first time I admitted to myself and came out as bisexual was after joining quidditch.” Bisexuality is defined as
Summer may be over but MLQ’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) team is still hard at work to ensure progress continues into the new season. In July, we worked with our partner, USQ, to identify seven pillars for our collective DEI work. These pillars are based off of the main points and key takeaways from
As July comes to a close, it’s time for MLQ’s first official diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) update. In June, we released immediate actions that we are working toward in an effort to improve our DEI efforts. One of those actions was providing monthly, public updates on our efforts moving forward. We also announced that
In light of recent events around the U.S. and additional community feedback, MLQ announced yesterday that the MLQ Marketing and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Departments will review the name and branding of the Boston Night Riders. We do want to take this time to acknowledge fault in not taking action in 2015, upon the creation
This summer would have been MLQ’s sixth season. In 2019, we implemented significant changes to further a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, most notably the introduction of the Coleman Clause—a policy to ensure that individual franchises were recruiting women, transgender, non-binary and other gender non-conforming leaders—and mandatory training via Athlete Ally—a course aimed to