European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation
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stimulate integration in sport and emancipation of athletes regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation
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exchange information and enable co-ordination between European sport groups and tournaments tournamentstournaments
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liaison with and support athletes who are thinking about coming out
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support the founding of new sport groups inclusive of all athletes
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fight against discrimination in sport based on gender identity & sexual orientation tournamentstournaments
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EuroGames 2021 Copenhagen, Denmark
EuroGames 2022 Nijmegen, Netherlands
EuroGames 2023 Bern, Switzerland
Once a year the EGLSF celebrates a huge European LGBTIQ+ sport event: EuroGames. Besides offering a high-quality sport event to the LGBTIQ+ sports community, EGLSF wishes to promote the following goals, also through the EuroGames:
fight against discrimination in sport regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity
stimulate integration in sport and emancipation of LGBTIQ athletes
enable and support the coming out of LGBTIQ athletes
support the founding of new LGBTIQ groups
News & Events Calendar!
Latest news
Margaret Court controversy
EGLSF have followed the controversy surrounding the acknowledgement of Margaret Court’s tennis achievements. Successful sportspeople are role models and to have them vilify entire communities, as Margaret Court has done [...]
EGLSF Project “CEEYOUSPORT”
The EGLSF CEEYOUSPORT project kicked off successfully with its first workshop in Zagreb at the end of April. The goal of the 2-day-long workshop was to carry out [...]
EGLSF on CAS Ruling on Women Track Athletes
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling on women track athletes Discrimination is necessary. This is what the CAS ruling has decided. To level the playing field in women’s athletics [...]
Bern successful in bid for 2023 EuroGames
The EuroGames – a multisport event dedicated to diversity and inclusion– will take place in Bern from July 26th to 29th, 2023. Licensed by the EGLSF (European [...]
EGLSF Board Statement – EuroGames 2020 Dusseldorf Cancellation
The 2020 edition of EuroGames was scheduled to be held in Dusseldorf, Germany on August 5th-9th. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hosting the event on these dates was ruled out. [...]
EGLSF board’s statement on progress of Rome EuroGames
On March 17th the EGLSF Assembly passed a motion asking Rome EuroGames organisers to review certain aspects of their organisation in line with EGSLF quality assurance processes. This motion included [...]
The EGLSF announces the election of the board 2021
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Erika Patrikainen EGLSF General Secretary: erika.patrikainen@eglsf.info Amsterdam, The Netherlands (21 MARCH 2021) – On Sunday 21 March, the Annual General Assembly elected new [...]
EGLSF & Partners Launch Inclusion In Sport (iSPORT) Erasmus+ Sport project
Wednesday, February 24, 202 saw the launch of the Inclusion In Sport (iSPORT) project, which is a two-year project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. iSport Objectives [...]
Bern successful in bid for 2023 EuroGames
The EuroGames – a multisport event dedicated to diversity and inclusion– will take place in Bern from July 26th to 29th, 2023. Licensed by the EGLSF (European [...]
