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Who are we to tell you how to run your sports club?

 If your KPIs are not set up to measure the mental health, diversity, inclusion and engagement of the participants of your sport organisation or event, we may not be the solution to your problems. Name: Erika Patrikainen Pronouns: I prefer gender neutral pronouns that place all living beings on the same line (In Helsinki, we are used to using the pronoun “se” (it) for people, animals and things). How many years have you been involved in LGBTIQ+ sports: 19 In which roles: Player, captain, group leader, IT support, EuroGames Helsinki co-president, board member and president [...]

2025-05-31T18:07:25+02:00Saturday, May 31st, 2025 @ 18:07|Categories: 2025, Blog, News|Tags: , |0 Comments

EGLSF AGA 2025 Recap

Celebrating Diversity, Inclusion, and our European LGBTIQ+ Sports movement  The European Gay and Lesbian Sports Federation (EGLSF) Annual General Assembly (AGA) 2025 took place in Valencia, Spain, from February 28 to March 2, 2025 hosted by member club Samarucs. During the same week, Samarucs also organised their annual Jocs Taronja sports tournament in Valencia, giving AGA attendees an opportunity to join with tournament participants, reinforcing the spirit of diversity and inclusion central to our LGBTIQ+ sports community. We are deeply grateful to Samarucs for their exceptional efforts in organising the event and ensuring its great success. Each year the [...]

2025-03-24T18:03:12+01:00Monday, March 24th, 2025 @ 13:25|Categories: 2025, AGA, EuroGames, News, Press Release|0 Comments

THE EGLSF ANNOUNCES THE ELECTION OF THE BOARD 2023

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Erika Patrikainen EGLSF General Secretary: erika.patrikainen@eglsf.info The EGLSF announces the election of the new board. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (5 MARCH 2023) – On Sunday 5 March, the Annual General Assembly elected a new board member. The board welcomes new Treasurer, Marcel Kreissig from Germany. Marcel is an associate member of the EGLSF.  The board would like to thank our retiring board members: Edgar Castillo, Noemi Fluixa, Elena Lipilina and Livan Soto Gonzalez for their dedicated service to EGLSF and the European LGBTQI+ sporting community. The board now consists of: • Hugh Torrance, co-president, [...]

2023-03-12T17:12:53+01:00Sunday, March 5th, 2023 @ 16:18|Categories: 2023, AGA, External, News, Press Release|0 Comments

Statement on LGBTIQ rights at FWC Qatar 2022

LGBTIQ+ rights and the FIFA Mens World Cup Qatar 2022 We are a grouping of organisations who support the rights of LGBTIQ+ persons. We have come together to highlight discrimination and exclusion against the LGBTIQ+ community particularly in relation to the FIFA Mens World Cup Qatar 2022. We support the rights of LGBTIQ+ persons and highlight articles 3 and 4 of the FIFA statutes on human rights and countering discrimination, and mention of the same within the joint sustainability strategy agreed between FIFA and the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy. People of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, [...]

2022-09-28T18:49:07+02:00Wednesday, September 28th, 2022 @ 18:49|Categories: 2022, Football|Tags: |0 Comments

Statement on FINA banning transgender athletes from women’s races

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Erika Patrikainen EGLSF General Secretary: erika.patrikainen@eglsf.info EGLSF on FINA banning transgender athletes from women's elite races Last Sunday, FINA, the world governing body for swimming, voted to effectively ban transgender athletes from competing in women's elite races with the statement that “male-to-female transgender athletes …. are eligible to compete in the women’s category … if they can establish to FINA’s comfortable satisfaction that they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 or before age 12, whichever is later.” Shortly afterwards, the International Rugby League (IRL) issued a statement [...]

2022-06-26T13:43:18+02:00Sunday, June 26th, 2022 @ 13:43|Categories: 2022, Advocacy, External, Press Release, Swimming|0 Comments
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