Tennis legend Martina Navratilova believes attitudes are changing in terms of homophobia in sport and that gay NFL player Michael Sam has paved the way for other athletes to be open about their sexuality.
KKS Krakersy was elected to host EGLSF's annual general assembly next year. Kraków is known for World Heritage (Unesco, 1978) and headquarters one of the most active lgbt sports clubs in Eastern Europe. We are already looking forward to meeting you all there!
During the AGA 2014, the general assembly established two more committees: the Legal Advice & Youth committee. EGLSF has now, together with the two already existing ones –Diversity and EuroGames 2012 Audit–, four committees with the following members: Legal Advice Committee (legal-advisory@eglsf.info): Lou Manders (John Blankenstein Foundation), Johan van Ven (Honorary member), Anya Wiersma (GUTS). Liaison Board member: Tim van Hoydonck Youth Committee (youth@eglsf.info): Lovro Centrih (Out in Slovenija), Patryk ?ledzi?ski (Volup), Janis Koeppel (Seitenwechsel) Liaison Board member: Dániel Waliduda Diversity Committee (diversity@eglsf.info): Željko Bla?e (qSport), Inge Jansen (Ketelbinkie), Conny Kempe-Schälicke (Seitenwechsel). Liaison Board member: Annette Wachter EuroGames 2012 Audit [...]
After the elections at this year’s eventful Annual General Assembly, the board of the EGLSF is composed of the following seven members: Male Co-President: Klaus Heusslein (Germany/Italy) Treasurer: Tim Van Hoydonck (Belgium) General Secretary: Annette Wachter (Germany) Board members at large: Tamara Tien (The Netherlands), Jon Landa (Spain/Italy), Dániel Waliduda (Hungary) and Christiana Daneva (Bulgaria). EGLSF welcomes Christiana to the board and thanks Armelle Mazé (former female Co-President) for her contribution and hard work in the past years.
Since February 2014 two important anti- homophobia institutions combines their forces. Queer Football Fan clubs with over 1,000 members in four European countries now is member of EGLSF (European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation). EGLSF has about 10,000 members and operates on a climate in sport where everyone is free to decide about his sexual orientation or identity. These words also fits QFF, which has founded in 2006 with the goal in football stadiums to improve the fan culture sustainably and allow gay people to a pleasant and mainly safe participation in the "most beautiful thing in the world". Even [...]