Meet The Queer League Team

I'm a local (8years) to Guelph queerdo who spent my youth playing every sport I could. I currently work in community services, and previously spent a decade working as a personal trainer and mobility specialist. When I started my transition, rec sports leagues became increasingly uncomfortable for me to be a part of. The stares, the questions, the culture, the language, the gendered requirements..

For someone who was more comfortable on a field or a court than anywhere else for most of my life, it was disorienting to feel like I no longer fit into the world that shaped so much of who I am.

After attending a few queer-specific sporting events outside of Guelph, I couldn't resist the urge to make queer drop-in sports a thing here too.

Selfishly, I created Queer League as a way to gain safer access to sports for myself.. but also because I know I'm not the only one in the community who feels this way!

We all deserve to feel like we belong when we play sports!

My name is Kita and I am a facilitator for Spectrum Waterloo Region. I have been leading sports and peer support programs for the queer community for 3 years. There is so much more joy and community in my life since working with Spectrum and connecting with other queer folks through sports. I jumped at the chance to get involved with Queer League Guelph and continue my love of queer community sports ❤️

I am a teacher/wife/mom of 3 kids here in Guelph who wants to stay active and have fun. I love to go out dancing with my wife and can be heard sideline of my kiddo’s soccer games most Saturdays 📣🤷🏼‍♀️. I’ve played different sports my whole life (rugby being my favourite, but don’t tell the other sports) and have been learning to play different ones in my post-contact sport journey.

I’m a 28 year old non binary massage therapist, I’ve always been involved in sports in some capacity until I uncovered more about my gender and then I just felt weird wherever I went, especially in gyms. I love to bake and cook, my specialty is chocolate chip cookies. I love playing video games, some of my favourites are Breath of the Wild, Eastward, Skyrim, and Stardew Valley. I am engaged to my lovely fiancée and we share the two bestest cats out there, Lily and Link. I have lived in the Guelph area for the last three years and hoping to make it my forever home.

Hey pals! I’m Des. I’ve always been a sporty spice, but I haven’t always felt comfortable in sporty spaces (especially after coming out as trans). When I’m not at queer league, you might find me out in the forest frolicking about like a woodland gnome. I *love* being outside soaking in all the magic the world has to offer!