PLUSS

A look into the past and a strategy for the future of LGBTIQ+ sport movement in Europe During the Annual General Assembly of EGLSF, held in Antwerp (Belgium), the opening conference hosted the workshop "GRASSROOT DEVELOPMENT, a look into the past and a strategy for the future of LGBTQI+ sport movement in Europe". 40 persons attended this dissemination event of the project “PLUSS - LGBTQI+ Policy and Leadership in Sport and Society”, funded by the Erasmus+ Sport programme and promoted by EGLSF. [...]

Under the project +PLUSS “LGBTQI+ Policy and Leadership in Sport and Society”, funded by the Erasmus+ sport program, a site visit for fellow LGBTQI+ sport club leaders has been hosted by Out in Slovenia in Ljubljana (Slovenia) on February 16th-18h, 2024 in order to facilitate knowledge sharing and build a community of European leaders. 17 participants from #PLUSS partners and visiting club leaders had the chance to understand the ways of working, in particular related to growth/sustainability of the club and to advocating for LGBTQI+ rights in wider society. Partners organisations responsible for the 2 [...]

+PLUSS, the new Erasmus+ project led by EGLSF, was recently launched through an online kick-off meeting on June 12, 2023 aiming to promote inclusion and combat discrimination in European grassroots sport. The project primarily focuses in enhancing the inclusion and participation of athletes with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, and it brings together European partners such as the German Sport University of Koln, the International Centre of Ethic in Sports and 6 LGBTQI+ sport clubs (the Croatian “Queer Sport Split”, the [...]