European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation

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EGLSF at the EuroGames Bern 2023 opening ceremony

The European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF) is a sporting body in Europe. It was founded by West German and Dutch LGBTQ sport clubs in 1989 [1] [2] after being inspired by the first Gay Games in San Francisco, [3] and has since expanded in scope to cover the broader LGBTQ+ athletic community. [4] Its headquarters are in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Today, EGLSF has more than a hundred LGBT sport clubs from all over Europe as members, representing more than 20.000 European athletes. [5]

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Since 1992, the EGLSF celebrates a European gay sport event once a year: the EuroGames, the European Gay & Lesbian Championships. [2] There are two levels of EuroGames: large-scale EuroGames which are held every 4 years and small-scale EuroGames which are held annually.

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  1. ↑ Millward, Peter (2023-04-17). Football Fandom, Sexualities and Activism: A Cultural Relational Sociology. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-1-000-86607-0.
  2. 1 2 Aitchison, Cara Carmichael (2007-01-24). Sport and Gender Identities: Masculinities, Femininities and Sexualities. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-134-51180-8.
  3. ↑ EGLSF. "History". EGLSF.info. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  4. ↑ Wachter, Annette; Torrance, Hugh (2022). "The European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation: Advocacy work in Europe". Sport, Identity and Inclusion in Europe. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003196761-5. ISBN   9781003196761.
  5. ↑ Hartmann-Tews, Ilse (2023). Sport, Identity and Inclusion in Europe : The Experiences of LGBTQ People in Sport. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.4324/9781003196761. ISBN   9781003196761. S2CID   249027105.


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