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.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Fencer Laura Flessel, a champion for equality in sport, to lead French delegation in Olympics opening ceremony

While it's not a surprise -- she has been viewed as a frontrunner for months now --, Olympic fencer Laura Flessel will be carrying the French flag in the Olympic stadium this summer as she leads her country's delegation in the opening ceremony.

This is a well-deserved honor. As a woman of color, Flessel is a symbol of integration in France. She has earned two Olympic medals, and is a six-time world champion.

She is also a model for the social role of sport. She is a patron of Handicap International and has founded an association to bring fencing to all, in particular to impoverished communities.

She serves on the French Social, Economic, and Environmental Council, a prestigious advisory group.

Closer to us, she is the chair of the national committee against discrimination in sport, a body which includes FGG member organiztion FSGL.

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