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The 1st Asia Pacific Outgames is a multi-sport tournament, a human rights conference and cultural event that embraces the Asia Pacific's gay and lesbian community and their friends. The Outgames will take place in Melbourne, Australia, from 30 January – 3 February 2008. Under licence from GLISA Asia Pacific (Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association), the event will be held during the Midsumma Festival – Melbourne’s premier gay and lesbian cultural and arts festival and includes Pride March. Sport tournaments at the 1st Asia Pacific Outgames will include: Badminton, Dancesport, Hockey, Lawn Bowls, Rowing, Run, Squash, Swimming, Ten Pin Bowling, [...]

The 1st Asia Pacific Outgames is a multi-sport tournament, a human rights conference and cultural event that embraces the Asia Pacific's gay and lesbian community and their friends. The Outgames will take place in Melbourne, Australia, from 30 January – 3 February 2008. Under licence from GLISA Asia Pacific (Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association), the event will be held during the Midsumma Festival – Melbourne’s premier gay and lesbian cultural and arts festival and includes Pride March. Sport tournaments at the 1st Asia Pacific Outgames will include: Badminton, Dancesport, Hockey, Lawn Bowls, Rowing, Run, Squash, Swimming, Ten Pin Bowling, [...]

LGBTIQ badminton sports federation - IGLBF, International Gay & Lesbian Badminton Federation, calls upon the revision of the IGLBF New Ranking System which will allow players to get an official ranking, for them to know which category they should enter, for tournament organisers to check that players enter the appropriate category so the tournaments will be fair on all grounds. The ranking system is a simplified version of the French Badminton Federation especially as far as the point allocation and category threshold are concerned, and a lot of statistical studies have already been done. As it is writen in the [...]

LGBTIQ badminton sports federation - IGLBF, International Gay & Lesbian Badminton Federation, calls upon the revision of the IGLBF New Ranking System which will allow players to get an official ranking, for them to know which category they should enter, for tournament organisers to check that players enter the appropriate category so the tournaments will be fair on all grounds. The ranking system is a simplified version of the French Badminton Federation especially as far as the point allocation and category threshold are concerned, and a lot of statistical studies have already been done. As it is writen in the [...]

The annual FARE Action Week against Racism and Discrimination has grown over the last years into Europe’s biggest anti-racism campaign in football. Last year more than 35 countries got involved in a united effort to rid the game of racism and discrimination. This October, the 8th FARE Action Week (17-30 October 2007) will once again feature activities by fans, players, clubs, associations, minority organisations, anti-discrimination groups, youth centres, schools and the sports media. A highlight of the week of action will be the anti-racism activities at all the UEFA Champions League matches during this period. The FARE network, in partnership [...]