Verity Smith (he/him)

Families and Young People’s Manager, Trans in the City | LGBT+ Rights Activist

Verity is Mermaids' Youth Engagement manager. Verity is a gay trans man and has a disability. He played elite women's rugby for a number of years and now plays in the wheelchair rugby UK super league for the Leeds Rhinos. He has also supported D&I for the International Gay Rugby and World Gay Games. 

Verity believes that all young people should have access to sport, believing in education, not discrimination. Verity has recently won the Emma Goldman Snowball Award for their work on inclusion for trans women and girls and inclusion within the trans community in sport.