Featured events


6-9 April 2012
Ladies EuroVolley Tournament,
Paris
On Easter weekend 2012, Paris LGBT volleyball club Contrepied will welcome some 500 lesbians and allies for the 2012 edition of the annual Ladies Eurovolley tournament.
Early registration is open.

Learn more HERE.
27 June-1 July 2012
Eurogames,
Budapest

Eurogames 2012 will take place in Budapest, where some 3800 athletes will compete in 18 sports.

Learn more HERE.
1-9 June 2012
IGLFA World Championships,
Mexico City
The world LGBT football (soccer) championships will take place for the first time in Mexico!

Learn more HERE.

25-29 May 2012
TIP Paris International Tournament,
Paris
On Pentecost weekend 2012, A new and even bigger edition of the TIP Paris International Tournament with 15 sports and a new sports village.

Learn more HERE.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Outsports shares coming out story of college athlete

We shared the "It Gets Better" video made by athletes and athletics department staff from St Michaels College in Vermont. Here's an extract from the coming out story of one of the athletes involved in the production of this video, as shared by Outsports:

This past year I was lucky enough to be involved in a project at Saint Mike’s as a part of the “It Gets Better” campaign that involved a lot of students, athletes, and administrators rallying around the cause. Though I’m sure there are other gay athletes at SMC, I don’t happen to know any of them personally. I don’t know any other gay athletes around the NE-10 Conference either, but I’ve never experienced any negativity around the subject and I don’t ever expect to. I hope the video, at the very least, spoke to an athlete at or elsewhere who’s struggling with their sexual identity or with fitting in.

It was one of the most rewarding activities I’ve ever been a part of, and I feel very lucky to have been a part of it, and we had an overwhelmingly positive response.  It makes me really proud to have been a part of the production and a character in the video that reached more people than we ever though it would.

Read in full HERE.

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