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The European Gay and Lesbian Sports Federation and LEAP Sports Scotland, have signed a contract for the next EGLSF Annual General Assembly to be hosted in Glasgow and organised by LEAP Sports Scotland. The Assembly generally attracts around 80 LGBTI sports activists from across Europe. Next year’s event will take place on the 5th and 6th March 2016 and will be preceded by the recently announced ‘Diverse Identities in Sport’ conference on Friday 4th March. The one day conference will focus on issues of transgender, intersex, non-binary, genderqueer, asexual and other diverse identities LEAP Sports Scotland won the right to [...]

Letzi Junxx hosted the 17th international network meeting of the “Queer Football Fanclubs” (QFF) last month. Around 80 delegates were happy to welcome representatives of the new QFF members FFaH and fare, as well as international guests from the English LGBTIQ alliance “Pride in Football“ along with John Ryan from the board of the EGLSF. New and different perspectives combined with fresh ideas turned out to be a big asset for the conference and valuable insights initiated many fruitful discussions. But not only football fans are committed to tackling homophobia and discrimination. As Mayor Corine Mauch emphasized in her welcome speech, tolerance, solidarity and equality are equally held high in the city of Zurich. “There is no place for homophobia, [...]

The 18th ENGSO Forum took place in Brussels on 11-12 September 2015 within the framework of the European Week of Sport (EWoS), namely on the EWoS focus day dedicated to sport clubs. European sport issues were tackled: this time, the role of sport clubs in activating citizens and accommodating to changing societies. Next to widening the participants& knowledge, the Forum also provided a platform for interaction and exchange among ENGSO member organisations, partners and decision-makers, giving an informative and inspiring atmosphere to the event. On Friday, 11 September 2015, prior to the Forum, the ENGSO EU Funding Seminar was organised. Experts [...]

Team Limerick is one the newest members to the EGLSF and we would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the team. Limerick is a city with a deep-rooted sporting heritage, and one with a vibrant LGBT community. In 2013, Limerick emerged as one of the three finalists vying for the chance to host the 2018 Gay Games alongside Paris and London. So it’s no surprise that Team Limerick (TL) launched to meet the growing demand for LGBT sports in the city. TL is a multi-sport LGBT group; we’re newly-formed at the minute and we’re looking for more [...]

Last year in Blackpool we became European Latin American Same Sex Dance Champions. This year in Stockholm we were ready to defend our title, but knew we had tough competition ahead of us. Dancing in the Winter Gardens in Blackpool is something magical. What Wimbledon is for tennis players is Blackpool for dancers. Winning a title for the first time is one thing, to repeat that is even more difficult. So we knew that EuroGames Stockholm would be a different experience. The tournament was well organised, ESSDA knows how to do that. The atmosphere between the competitors was great, but that’s Same Sex dancing! We all [...]