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EuroGames Barcelona 2008 will open on-line registration in November 2008. There will be 27 sports, a wide cultural program, a great inauguration and closing ceremony, as well as an international conference on "Sports and Homophobia". You will find all budgets accommodation in our website, from where you can make your reservation. Registration for the EuroGames costs €55 for EGLSF member clubs and €66 for all others. The registration includes entry to opening and closing ceremonies as well as participation in the selected sport, entrance to the EuroGames Grand Fiesta and a welcome kit. It doesn’t include brunch. It may also [...]

Ivan Bussens, one of the key figures driving gay sporting clubs to prominence in London during the past decade, died after a yearlong fight against cancer on August 27. He was 47. Bussens battled a form of lymphoma into remission last year then suffered a relapse during the past few months. He died at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London with his partner of 26 years, Peter Unsworth, by his side. Bussens joined Out to Swim in 1993 and helped transform a small group training for the New York Gay Games the next year into Britain's largest swimming club. "Ivan was [...]

Ivan Bussens, one of the key figures driving gay sporting clubs to prominence in London during the past decade, died after a yearlong fight against cancer on August 27. He was 47. Bussens battled a form of lymphoma into remission last year then suffered a relapse during the past few months. He died at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London with his partner of 26 years, Peter Unsworth, by his side. Bussens joined Out to Swim in 1993 and helped transform a small group training for the New York Gay Games the next year into Britain's largest swimming club. "Ivan was [...]

The Federation of Gay Games (FGG) published a new newsletter Participate! The newsletter contains the report on FGG’s 25th Anniversary and the announcement of the 2007 annual meeting, which will take place in San Francisco, USA from October 24 to 29, 2007. In the newsletter, you will also find new membership section, info on IGLFA Championship in South America, the summary on the Gay Games Cologne 2010, and results of Chicago GG participation survey. www.gaygames.org

As part of its 25th year celebration, FGG is honoured to select EGLSF to receive the first Gay Games Legacy Award in recognition of its long history of advocating against homophobia in sport.  FGG appreciates that the EGLSF and the EuroGames began as a direct result of the Gay Games and are proud to share a commitment of working together to promote inclusion for all in sport, to fight against homophobia, and to bring about social and political change worldwide. www.gaygames.org