+PLUSS
Erasmus+ project led by EGLSF
LGBTQI+ Policy and Leadership in Sport and Society (+PLUSS) enhanced the inclusion and participation of athletes with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics in European grassroots sport by combating discrimination & addressing intolerance against sex- and gender-diverse athletes and by establishing an inclusive sport culture where all can participate.
Project information
The project has:
- Built cooperation and understanding among LGBTQI+ sports clubs in Europe so that sports clubs and their leaders have a network that offers support, motivation and accountability, which has secured the delivery, impact and legacy of LGBTQI+ sport participation.
- Understood successful mechanisms and interventions to tackle exclusion and what really works to help improve inclusion of LGBTQI+ people in and through sport in Europe. This enabled us to create an evidence base for interventions in the form of a research report, as well as allowing us to establish principles and guidance for LGBTQI+ clubs and initiatives to form and flourish, in the form of Community Guidelines.
- Increased capacity of LGBTQI+ sport leaders and clubs so that these clubs can continue to exist and grow to provide inclusive and safe environments for people who are excluded from existing sport structures, and to increase their ability to cooperate with mainstream sport.
- Advocated for the policies and practices that can be adopted to maximise and accelerate inclusion of LGBTQI+ people across Europe through the production of a new Purple Policy Paper.
Michele Mommi, European Projects Coordinator at EGLSF, michele.mommi@eglsf.info
- EUROPEAN GAY AND LESBIAN SPORT FEDERATION VERENIGING – NL (Coordinator)
- DEUTSCHE SPORTHOCHSCHULE KOLN – DE
- SPORTIEQ (former INTERNATIONAAL CENTRUM ETHIEK IN DESPORT VZW) – BE
- DRUSTVO ZA PROMICANJE QUEER KULTURE KROZ SPORT I REKREACIJU – KR
- Out for the Win (former Wel Jong Niet Hetero) – BE
- Atlasz Sportegyesület- HU
- SPORTNO DRUSTVO OUT IN SLOVENIJA – SI
- Team München e.V. – DE
- Pan Idræt København - DK
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Funding
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
