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| Football/Soccer | Fanclubs | Europe |  30. August 2010 | | Queer fans from across Europe to visit Hamburg | Queer Football Fanclubs from across Europe are to visit Hamburg to celebrate themselves, FC St. Pauli´s 100th birthday and St. Pauli´s current jump to the first German National Football League: "We're just kicking off!"
Just two weeks after the 1st game in the 1st German National Football League: Queer Football Fanclubs from Germany and Switzerland will gather in Hamburg for the 7th European Queer Football Fanclubs’ Conference 2010 from 3 – 5 September, 2010.
With the motto “Different colours, same goals!” more than 60 participants, amongst them fanclubs’ representatives from sixteen German and three Suisse football clubs speaking on behalf of more than 800 homosexual football supporters across Europe in total, will come together in Hamburg to celebrate the 3 day event organised by the fanclub Queerpass St. Pauli. The football family in Hamburg is also supporting the gathering: parts of the event will take place at the Millerntorstadium, home ground of FC Sankt Pauli, whereas the extensive work programme is going to kick off at FC St. Pauli former president Corny Littmann’s Schmidt Tivoli theatre.
Topics of discussions will be internal economics of the network QFF, welcoming of new member fanclubs and the planned concerted campaigns during the FARE week in October.
On Saturday afternoon the Queer Football Fanclubs meeting will be joined by a range of officials from SV Werder Bremen, Hamburg Sport Club, FC St. Pauli and the director of the Hamburg Football Association. They will discuss with the participants under the motto: "Young, gay and football player- can it be possible?" How is homosexuality treated by the clubs and organisations in the psychosocial education of trainees.
Furthermore, on Saturday night the first Queer Football Fanclubs Party „Music for fags and scums“ (as FC St. Pauli fans have been offended by other fans in the past) will take place at the „Jolly Roger“, the official FC St. Pauli fan pub.
Dirk Brüllau, QFF spokesman: ”We’re glad that we’re still able to break new records every year! With queer fans from 20 football clubs in Hamburg we can welcome fans from more cities at our event than ever before and despite our young history. This clearly underlines the ongoing interest in our activities and the genuine spirit we want QFF to stand for: queer football fans united and sharing loads of common fields of interest that need to be linked together to make football better…. far beyond local rivalries. And we’re just kicking-off! Also, we’re happy that we can welcome a huge number of representatives from different institutions and football governing bodies in Germany at this year’s conference, showing interest in a dialogue on equal footing between queer fans and other bodies in football. We as QFF with all our members believe that fans’ involvement is the essential basis to fight Homophobia in football that should be tackled successfully and sustainably.” | | Related URL link: www.queerfootballfanclubs.com | | Submitted by: EGLSF | | | | | | | Multisports | AOTY Award | All Countries |  22. August 2010 | | Seeking Athlete of the Year | In August, Compete Magazine (previously Sports Out Loud) started accepting applications for its 2010 Athlete of the Year contest. Each year, the magazine honours a deserving LGBT athlete as its Athlete of the Year. The winner is chosen by an application process that includes commitment to personal achievement, active participation in an individual or team sport, commitment to supporting/encouraging others in sports, and his/her commitment to the LGBT sporting community and/or the LGBT community.
“It is important that our winner is committed to members of the gay sporting community in particular and/or the gay community as a whole,” said Co-Publisher David Riach. “Our Athlete of the Year is chosen not just for what they do on the court or field but also their commitment to serve the GLBT community in some way,” he continued.
After initial scoring, the finalists’ applications are sent to the selection committee to determine the winner. This year’s selection committee includes international rugby star Ben Cohen, Olympic speed skater Blake Skjellerup, actor Chad Allen, Siruis Radio’s Doria Biddle and Compete's publisher Eric Carlyle.
The winner will enjoy a trip for two which includes airfare and hotel vouchers. In addition, Compete's 2010 Athlete of the Year will appear in the December issue and will be a guest on Compete Radio. Individuals to receive the Athlete of the Year Award in the past were Jeff Kagan (2008) and John Deffee (2009).
Official rules and nomination forms can be found online; the deadline for application is October 15, 2010. | | Related URL link: www.competemag.com/aoty | | Submitted by: EGLSF | | | | | | | MULTISPORTS | WOGA2013 | All Countries | | 21. August 2010 | | Registration for World Outgames 2013 started | The registration for the 3rd World Outgames Antwerp 2013 is already open, and until the end of August 2010, there is a special promotion for early registration which saves you €41.
This promotion gives you a guaranteed full package, including participation in 1 sport or cultural activity; public transport pass; opening and closing ceremony; lots of goodies and access to special deals by the partners.
There are no extra payments for the 1st chosen sport or activity, so do not wait and register now, because from September 1st, the registration fee will be €140 for the full package.
The World Outgames 2013, a licensed event by the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association (GLISA), combining Sport, Culture and Human Rights, will take place in Antwerp, Belgium between August 3-11, 2013 under the slogan Love united.
In Cologne, the WOG2013 organisers launched the promotion to register for €99 for the World Outgames in Antwerp in 2013. In two weeks, there were already over 250 people from 3 continents who registered and took advantage of this deal. To benefit from this promotion while it is still running, make sure you register before September 1, 2010.
Belgian pop diva Kate Ryan accepted being the first Proud Ambassador of World Outgames Antwerp 2013. She also made and sang the title song of EuroGames 2007 'We all belong', and she promised to produce the title song for the WOGA2013 as well.
At the General Assembly 2010 in Manchester, EGLSF decided not to host its own event EuroGames in 2013, as a clear signal to support one joint (FGG & GLISA) world LGBT event from 2018 onwards. We therefore invite all members and fans to attend the World Outgames 2013: Get the taste of Anwerp - Love United! | | Related URL link: www.world.outgames.org | | Submitted by: World Outgames 2013 | | | | | | | Multisports | GGVIII | Germany |  08. August 2010 | | Gay Games Cologne concluded | The biggest LGBT sports and cultural festival in the world took place in Cologne from July 31 to August 7, 2010. Some 10,000 participants from more than 70 countries converged for the Gay Games VIII Cologne 2010 and celebrated the principles of participation, inclusion and personal best. There were 35 sports and 5 culture categories where people from all over the world took part in, not to mention numerous parties and other events during the event.
The motto was Be part of it! and the invitation was open to everyone – heterosexual or homosexual, male, female, transgender or transsexual, and regardless of religion, nationality, ethnic heritage, political convictions, athletic skills, physical capabilities, age or physical condition.
Gay Games VIII Cologne 2010, which opened at the RheinEnergieStadion on Saturday, July 31, ended a week later with an incredible celebration at the Tanzbrunnen in Cologne, Germany on Saturday, August 7. The Co-Presidents of the FGG and Games Cologne spoke and thanked all the volunteers for the many years of work to complete a successful week. Cologne passed the FGG flag to Cleveland-Akron, Ohio, USA, the host city of Gay Games IX Cleveland-Akron 2014.
The organisers and city officials thanked all participants, visitors and the people from Cologne for coming and a fantastic week. Together they made the VIII. Gay Games Cologne 2010 a wonderful event.
At the event the participants, guests and visitors had the chance to experience some very unique moments. We witnessed full support from public figures like Dr. Guido Westerwelle, German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister, Matthew Mitcham, Australian Olympic medallist, Taylor Dayne, American Pop Artist, and many others, from politicians, athletes and others.
European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLFS) cooperated with Gay Games Cologne 2010 and Federation of Gay Games (FGG), promoting the event prior to its start and inviting its members to participate. EGLSF Board members, lead by both co-presidents, were present both at the opening and closing ceremonies, and several also actively participated in the Games as athletes.
Let us congratulate the Organisers and FGG for the successful event. We can also point out that EGLSF member club S.C. Janus actively contributed to the event, so congratulations to them as well! | | Related URL link: www-games-cologne.de | | Submitted by: EGLSF | | | | | | | Football/Soccer | Topfan Survey | All Countries | | 17. July 2010 | | Gay Footballers Survey | The 2nd Phase of the online survey GAY FOOTBALLERS ... APPRECIATED OR UNWELCOME is available. Nearly 2,000 fans, players, managers, coaches and referees have participated in the research so far, and you are invited to share your views and opinions on gay footballers and explain why you think only one top professional player in history has openly declared his homosexuality during his playing career.
A summary of the results from the first phase is already available. Some of the highlights include the following interesting data: 93% Of fans think there is no place for homophobia in football; 90%+ Think the only thing that matters in football is how the player plays ... not his sexual preferences; fans believe gay players choose not to come out to protect their commercial value, not because they fear the reaction of fans or teammates & many fans see parallels between black players in the 1970s/80s and gay players today.
The short survey is anonymous & confidential, no names are gathered. The Topfan research is coordinated by Ellis Cashmore, a professor of culture, media and sport, and Jamie Cleland, a senior lecturer in sociology at the Staffordshire University in the UK. | | Related URL link: www.topfan.co.uk | | Submitted by: EGLSF | | | |
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