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EGLSF Board visited Rotterdam between October 15 and 18 for a board meeting, thanks to the invitation and hospitality of EuroGames Rotterdam 2011 and Rotterdam club Ketelbinkie. Board members held a meeting with EuroGames organisers about the cooperation issues involved: schedule, registration, venues, contract, etc... Also some visits to venues were organised. It was opportunity also to meet some representatives of the 2012 Budapest EuroGames. EGLSF Board also had a meeting with the recently newly elected Board of our member club Ketelbinkie. Several issues were discussed concerning cooperation, most specifically concerning gender equality, transgender issues and sport management. Parallel to [...]

In early October 2009 in France, Creteil Bebel, a soccer team made up of mainly Muslim players, refused to play a match against Paris Foot Gay, a club that welcomes homosexual and heterosexual players. The dispute got a lot of media attention, and after a week, a resolution finally came in the form of a one-line note last week from the sports league governing the amateur teams. Creteil Bebel was ejected from the league for refusing the match on discriminatory grounds. The mentioned team cancelled the match at the last moment, via email, roughly translating: "Sorry, but in light of [...]

Gay Games VIII, the biggest LGBT sports and cultural festival in the world, will take place in Cologne, Germany from July 31 to August 7, 2010. Some 12,000 participants from more than 70 countries are expected to celebrate the principles of participation, inclusion and personal best. Almost 2000 participants have already registered, with sailing and golf nearing maximum capacity. Registration fees will increase by 25 Euros on 31 December 2009, and the deadline for scholarship applications has been extended to November 1, so register now! “Be part of it!” Gay Games VIII is open to everyone – regardless of sexual [...]

True to tradition also in 2009 Netzo organises a volleyball tournament around the Saint Nicolaas' birthday. This year it will take place on Saturday 28 november. Our Sinterklaas tournament is always plentifully pleasant. Plentiful because lots of men teams and lots of of women teams participate: you can most probably play on the level of your choice. Because there are participants from many different countries: you might make surprising contacts. Pleasant because we all volleyball together in one sports centre: you can watch matches in other levels and have a drink with someone outside of your own team. Because we [...]

A special open session, devoted to discussions regarding the Future of LGBT Sport and Culture followed the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) assembly on October 2. The session followed the workshop organized by the FGG at the invitation of World Outgames 2009 during the Copenhagen human rights conference. During that conference, more than 30 persons from sports clubs and federations, including the FGG, Gay & Lesbian International Sport Association (GLISA), and European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF), concluded that their common goal should be a single international quadrennial sports and culture event, including a human rights conference. Those present [...]