The German Football Association (DFB) will launch new measures to improve the stadium experience of transgender football fans at Wednesday’s international friendly against Serbia in Wolfsburg.
The measures include allowing fans to choose whether they are checked by male or female security staff upon entering the stadium, and the introduction of unisex toilet facilities.
“Together with the group Queer Football Fan Clubs, the DFB has identified areas in which gender identity plays a role in the stadium infrastructure, in order to provide all visitors with a complaint-free experience,” the DFB said in a statement on Wednesday.
“Going to the toilet presents a challenge for transgender fans, because their use of male or female toilets may be interpreted as ‘wrong’ by fellow supporters,” the statement said.
“In order to do justice to the diversity of gender identities, male, female and unisex toilets will be available.”
The move follows the introduction of a third…
