"The Relevance of LGBT Sport in the 21st Century"

Work will be starting in late April on a paper entitled "The Relevance of LGBT Sport in the 21st Century". The project will be spearheaded by Julia Applegate, Co-President of GLISA.

With a goal of making a draft available by September, the final paper is planned to be presented at the ILGA World Conference in December. If you are interested in working on this project, please contact julia.applegate@glisa.org.

The following is a draft outline that will evolve as the project progresses:
1. Overview of LGBT sport movement (Tom Waddell, Gay Games, World Outgames, etc)
2. Overview of LGBT human rights movement post Stonewall
a. Emphasize differences by region, race, class status, etc.
3. Discussion of advances in LGBT Human Rights, discussion of ‘post gay’ (not relevant in 95% of the world)
4. Discussion of links between homophobia/discrimination based on gender expression, etc. and ability/inability of athletes to play their sport in a safe atmosphere
5. Discussion of links between sport and human rights
6. Discussion of what GLISA/FGG has to offer global LGBT community
a. Discussion of development opportunities
b. Relationships between Global South and Global North
c. Linkages with organizations like ILGA, ARC International, etc.
7. Future: links between LGBT HR movement and global sport/hr/culture (quadrennial games, continental associations, etc.)

To participate in this project, contact julia.applegate@glisa.org .