Featured events


7-9 September 2012
Brussels Games
Brussels

Brussels Gay Sports will offer a weekend of fun and fairplay in the capital of Europe, with volleyball, swimming, badminton, and tennis, as well as fitness and hiking.

Learn more HERE.
26-28 October 2012
QueergamesBern
Bern, Switzerland

The success of the first edition of the QueergamesBern proved the need for an LGBT multisport event in Switzerland. This year will be even bigger, with badminton, bowling, running, walking, floorball.

Learn more HERE.
17-20 January 2013
Sin City Shootout
Las Vegas
The 7th Sin City Shootout will feature softball, ice hockey, tennis, wrestling, basketball, dodgeball, bodybuilding and basketball.

Learn more HERE.

13-16 June 2013
IGLFA Euro Cup
Dublin
After this year's edition in Budapest at the EuroGames, the IGLFA Euro Cup heads to Dublin for 2013, hosted by the Dublin Devils and the Dublin Phoenix Tigers.

Learn more HERE.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

17 October 2011 / Invisible Athletes in Boston

On October 17th from 6-8pm at the Sunday School Building in the Christian Science Plaza, Sport in Society will host GForce Sports as they present Invisible Athletes. Invisible Athletes is a program about gay athletes, straight allies and changing locker rooom attitudes. A panel of gay and lesbian athletes will present their personal stories and experience. Some of the featured panelists include:


  • David Farber, a former captain of the University of Pennsylvania’s hockey team, now working for the US Department of Justice in New York
  • Dr. Andrew Goldstein, a former Dartmouth University All-American and professional lacrosse player, now a molecular biologist and UCLA professor
  • Lee-J Mirasolo, a former Boston College women’s hockey team captain and current Princeton University assistant coach.
  • The panel will be moderated by Patrick Burke who’s brother Brendan couragelously came out to his Miami University’s teammates in 2009 prior to his passing in a fatal car accident.

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