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THE EGLSF ANNOUNCES THE ELECTION OF THE BOARD 2022

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 (21 MARCH 2022) – On Sunday 20 March, the Annual General Assembly elected a new board member. The board welcomes new Board Member at Large, Noemie Fluxia from Panteres Grogues. The board now consists of: • Hugh Torrance, co-president, from LEAP Sports, Scotland • Sarah Townsend, co-president, from Fédération Sportive LGBT+, France • Erika Patrikainen, general secretary, from H.O.T., Finland • Edgar Castillo, treasurer, from Smashing Pink Amsterdam, Netherlands • Noemie Fluxia, board member, from [...]

Erika Patrikainen2022-03-21T17:51:39+01:00Monday, March 21st, 2022 @ 17:51|Categories: 2022, AGA, External, Press Release|0 Comments

EGLSF ELECTS LYON, FRANCE, AS EUROGAMES 2025 HOST CITY

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erika Patrikainen EGLSF General Secretary: erika.patrikainen@eglsf.info The EGLSF announces LYON, FRANCE as EUROGAMES 2025 Host City Amsterdam, The Netherlands (March 21, 2022) – On March 20, 2022, the EGLSF general assembly elected member clubs CARGO Lyon and Féderation Sportive LGBT+ and the city of Lyon, France as hosts for our EuroGames 2025. The bid cycle deadline for EuroGames 2025 closed in December 2021 at which time we had received two bids: London, UK / Out For Sport and Lyon, France / CARGO Lyon and Féderation Sportive LGBT+. Both cities presented extremely strong, [...]

Erika Patrikainen2022-03-21T17:40:30+01:00Monday, March 21st, 2022 @ 17:40|Categories: 2022, EuroGames, Press Release|0 Comments

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 a self-assessment of LGBTIQ+ sport initiatives with a focus on CEE-specific issues. The idea was for the participants to get to know not only each other, but also the challenges they face in their home countries, and the successes they have already reached with their clubs or organisations. The workshop exercises were interesting, innovative, inspiring and really interactive, the host clubs, FemSlam LBT Football, qSport Zagreb and Queer Sport Split prepared, organised and facilitated [...]

Erika Patrikainen2020-04-19T16:58:15+02:00Monday, September 16th, 2019 @ 19:04|Categories: 2019, CEEYOU|0 Comments

EGLSF at Women’s World Cup Football Diversity House

EGLSF hosted two events at the Diversity House in Paris – set up by the Fare network in Paris for the FIFA Women's World Cup. The first of these events was a panel discussion that explored how LGBT sports clubs and organisations provide a ground for empowering women through sport, and the subjects of homophobia and sexism in sport. Panelists Pascale Reinteau, co-president of the newly established foundation FIER and co-president of Paris 2018 Gay Games, co-president of Les Degommeuses football club Marine Rome, and Annette Wachter, co-president of EGLSF presented their organisations and the roles, activities, and participation of [...]

Sarah Townsend2020-04-19T16:58:15+02:00Thursday, June 13th, 2019 @ 14:54|Categories: 2019, External, FIFA Women's World Cup 2019, Football, Press Release|Tags: #metoo, Diversity House, EGLSF, FIFA Women's World Cup 2019, football, VOICE, women in sport|0 Comments

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 it is necessary and fair to discriminate against those women who show a natural advantage for their sport. Now, to compete in certain athletics events – for this ruling does not cover all athletics events, just track events shorter than one mile and longer than 400m, those that Caster Semenya excels in - women like Caster Semenya are obliged to alter their natural body chemistry in order to meet guidelines [...]

Sarah Townsend2025-04-21T17:37:51+02:00Monday, May 13th, 2019 @ 9:37|Categories: 2019, Advocacy, Press Release|Tags: CAS ruling, Caster Semenya, FLINTA|0 Comments