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| Multisports | Press Release IDAHO 2013 | All Countries |
 17. May 2013 | ||
| UpFront Challenge to Homophobia & Transphobia for Young Sports Fans | ||
| Friday 17 May 2013, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) sees the official release of a brand new Football gaming app for mobile devices onto the market. Designed with an emphasis on fun and to challenge the skills of 11-16 year old gamers and other users, ‘UpFront’ also carries an important message – “Discrimination in sport is wrong”. The game is released by the European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF) as part of its ‘Pride in Sport’ project, an initiative funded within the European Commission’s Preparatory Actions in the Field of Sport. Andrej Pisl, EGLSF Development Officer explains: “Education has a huge part to play in tackling discrimination, hate speech and violence in sport. We wanted to create an education tool that young people want to play first and foremost, that helps them understand that football should be for everyone.” The launch of the game coincides with the release of a report by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) into the experience of ‘Being LGBT in Europe’, which highlights persistent levels of discriminatory experience in schools by young LGBT people. 91% of respondents in the research had ‘seen or heard negative comments or conduct before the age of 18 because a schoolmate was perceived to be LGBT’. EGLSF Co-Presidents Armelle Maze and Klaus Heusslein conclude “Even in countries with robust protective legislation, the experience of young LGBT people remains negative and homophobic and transphobic bullying remains rife. Quite often sport, and in particular school sport, can be a focus for this. EGLSF is working to affect a culture change in sport throughout and this has to start with young people.” More information about the game can be found at www.upfront.mobi and further information on the Pride in Sport initiative can be found at www.prideinsport.info. | ||
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| Multisports | European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation Press release | Europe |
 10. May 2013 | ||
| EGLSF leads campaign against discrimination | ||
| The official timeframe of the ‘Pride In Sport’ project, led by the European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF), has officially concluded. The project is aimed at preventing and fighting homophobic violence and discrimination in sport and has been funded as part of the European Commission’s preparatory actions in the field of sport. As Armelle Mazé, EGLSF Female Co President explains: “Pride in Sport is a collective project which incorporated a number of activities across Europe with the aim to tackle prejudice and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender people in sport. We were delighted with our success in receiving the funding and even more so with the outcomes of the work.” EGLSF was joined by a number of partners from throughout the EU who have lead on the delivery of different aspects of the initiative. The French National LGBT Sport Federation, FSGL, hosted an academic colloquium in December 2011 to launch the project, whilst UK LGBT sports development & equality organisation, Pride Sports, hosted the EGLSF’s “Against the Rules” exhibition at Pride House during the London Olympic Games. The exhibition was visited not only by Olympic and Paralympic athletes, but also representatives from LOCOG, the Danish Sports Minister and UK Member of Parliament, Simon Hughes. Other ‘Pride In Sport’ partners included FARE, Europe’s anti-discrimination campaign for football, Frankfurter Volleyball Verein, one of Europe’s most established LGBT sports clubs, and from Central and Eastern Europe, the LGBT sport initiatives Out In Slovenia and Atlasz Budapest. Pride In Sport has also engaged a further sixteen organisations in the delivery of good practice projects, a summary of these having been drawn into a handbook outlining the achievements of grass roots organisations tackling discrimination in their localities, whilst a series of fact sheets for sports federations give practical advice in making sport more LGBT inclusive. The initiative has also seen the development of an anti-discrimination gaming app for the android platform, targeting especially young people aged 11-16, as well as others as end users. The official launch of the game is foreseen to be on May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). “So much of the work of tackling discrimination in sport is about education, and young people are the key to making sport a welcoming place for lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender people,” concludes Klaus Heusslein, EGLSF Male Co-President. Although the project and EU funding has come to an end, EGLSF and its partners will continue working on the issue and are committed to disseminate the outcomes of this project and other activities. | ||
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