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Following the launch of the Government’s Charter for Action on Tackling Homophobia and Transphobia in Sport http://www.facebook.com/lgbtsportcharter yesterday, LGBT Sports Equity Organisation, Pride Sports, launched a new award to acknowledge the work of sports organisations making progress in this area. The new award is launched as part of the Pride Games Community Sports Awards, which each year celebrate the achievements of LGBT sports groups in the UK. Lou Englefield, one of Pride Sports’ Founding Directors explains: “We wanted to support the Charter in a tangible way and to give National Governing Bodies of Sport and other sports organisations something to [...]

Efforts to wipe out homophobia in sport have received a significant boost as the country's major sports leagues put their weight behind a government campaign. The organising bodies for football, tennis, cricket, rugby league, rugby union and the Olympics have all signed the government's charter for action. The charter aims to create a welcoming environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in sport. Activists welcomed the move as a sign that sport - often considered the last bastion of homophobia in the UK - was pressured to modernise in line with other industries. The document has four key [...]

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The German Bundestag decided on January 20th, 2011 to follow the recommendation of the Sports Commission to improve the general conditions of amateur sports. For the first time the fight against homophobia is addressed among other epiphenomenons of sport like doping, politically and religiously motivated violence and sexual abuse.  

12 teams straight/gay and mixed met at Milan for the 1st ever Italian Diversity Cup http://www.iconsitalia.com/Diversity_Cup_2011_%20Milano.html