Sports conference series features homophobia

"Les Mardis du Grand Palais" are a series of lectures and panel discussions organized by Paris's Grand Palais cultural center.

This season features a series of events on the theme of sport, and next Tuesday's session will be devoted to the theme of homophobia in sport.

Among the speakers: Daniel Borrillo, a lawyer specialized in LGBT rights, Carole Péon, 2010 vice-championn of Europe in Triathlon, Michel Royer, director of the documentary Sport et homosexualités, c’est quoi le problème?, and Bénédicte Mathieu, journalist from Yagg.com.