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	Eurogames (LGBT sporting event) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The EuroGames are a gay and lesbian sporting event in Europe, hosted by license of the European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation and organised by one or more of the federation's member clubs.
		Similar to the Gay Games, Eurogames are a sports-for-all-event, open to everyone, irrespective of sex, age, sexual identity or physical abilities.
		Big EuroGames are organised in the same years as Olympic Games, while since 2001 small EuroGames with a maximum of 1'500 participants and seven sports are held in all odd years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/EuroGames (237 words)

	361 Sports and Event Marketing
		Eurogames (LGBT sporting event) - The EuroGames are a gay and lesbian sporting event in Europe, hosted by license of the European Gay And Lesbian Sport Federation and organised by one or more of the federation's member clubs.
		Multi-sport event - A multi-sport event is a competition in which athletes compete in a number of different sports.
		Music at sporting events - The use of music at sporting events is a practice that is thousands of years old, but has recently had a resurgance as a noted phenomenon.
	www.websportsweekly.com /361sportsandeventmarketing.html (757 words)

	Games Gay - sportsandnutrition.info - Sports Games Gay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Sports is a wonderful way to bridge differences, and the gay games is just another way to show people we are just like everybody else.
		We are also proud members of the federation of gay games fgg and gay lesbian international sports association glisa to help promote gay sports on the the 1st world outgames montreal 2006 is an international gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trangender festival, welcome to all, celebrating sport, chicagos premier gay sports bar grill.
		As was the case with the last two gay games, gay games game sport sports art artist sketches sketch drawing drawings illustration illustrator animation animator comic animatorsmeta content= friendship through culture and sports no matter how hard i try, i simply dont get the gay games motto.
	sportsandnutrition.info /entertainment/games_gay (1004 words)

	GLISA Members - Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Sport Clubs and Teams are local organizations representing participants in gay and lesbian sporting activities, either in single or multiple sport disciplines.
		Sport Club Tangra-Bulgaria is the first LGBT Sport Club in Bulgaria and one of the first on the Balkan in South-East Europe.
		CAAWS, the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport, is a national organization that advocates on behalf of increasing the participation of women and girls in sport and physical activity in Canada.
	www.glisa.org /Members (3361 words)

	GayCrawler.com - 1st World Outgames Montreal 2006
		There, where all of Québec’s sports and leisure federations are headquartered, Montréal 2006 assembled a sport staff with the knowledge and experience needed to build the required bridges and develop a sports program worthy of recognition and awe.
		Outgames’ LGBT sporting events will be listed with all of the sanctioning bodies, further ensuring visibility for competing athletes and an appreciation of their success.
		Events will be held using certified officials recognized at their respective levels and will meet the standards established for mainstream national and international competitions.
	travel.gaycrawler.com /chronicles/outgames.html (1155 words)

	Tangra Bulgaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Peter Moews (Sofia, Bulgaria) is Founder of Sport Club Janus Cologne and co-founder of the European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF), member of GLASEES (Gay Lesbian Associatio of South East European Sport, now a leader in the LGBT sports community in Bulgaria.
		Sport Club “Tangra” is looking for lesbian and gay athletes from Bulgaria and other Balkan countries who want to take part in EuroGames 2004 in Munich.
		Recently gaysport in Bulgaria is making large steps/starting regular trainnings in various sport groups, organizing first LGBT compertitions in Bulgaria in running and swimmng, registering officially in the court/.In this this way Tangra Sofia is recognized by the EGLSF as the regional menager on the Balcans.
	www.tangra-bulgaria.org /news.php?catid=26 (911 words)

	IGLA 2005 Championships -- Outsports.com
		The pool competition was as hot as the Atlanta weather during the 15th International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics Championships, where short course 25-meter swimming records fell by the dozens and the top LGBT aquatics clubs maintained their dominance.
		Swimming competitions occur at other predominantly LGBT competitions such as the Eurogames but other teams have yet to match the talent and number of swimmers across all age categories that swim for DCAC.
		After a successful open water swim at the 2004 IGLA Championships in Fort Lauderdale, competitors were disappointed when this year's event was cancelled following a breakdown of the truck carrying equipment to the course, the one logistical problem marring this year's event.
	www.outsports.com /local/2005/0816igla.htm (1625 words)

	Passport Magazine - WorldBeat Europe - April 2005
		The largest AIDS charity event in Europe attracts celebrities from around the world, and will be raising funds in support of organizations helping and working with people who are HIV+ or living with AIDS.
		This event has flourished since the mid 1970’s when city authorities and citizens wanted to act against the decline of the city of canals caused by motor boats, while simultaneously renewing traditional Venetian festivities.
		Mary King’s Ghost Fest 2005 is a brand new, ten-day event centered around The Real Mary King’s Close, which opened last year and allows visitors to go underground and explore some of the old abandoned subterranean streets of the city.
	www.passportmagazine.net /31/beat_euro.php (2052 words)

	Outsports: The Home For Gay Sports Fans and Athletes
		They are an international super-event and the primary expression of gay and lesbian sport and joie de vivre in the LGBT sports community.
		Now there is a rival event called the Outgames competing for its place in the LGBT sports calender.
		At the meeting of the GLBT sports community in Berlin on Oct. 6, 2004 the gay and lesbian sports clubs and groups displayed rare unity.
	outsports.com /local/sportsmovement/releases.htm (3316 words)

	OutSpoken - EuroGames 2004 : Munich. OutUK - The UK Gay Mens Guide : News Chat Contacts Galleries Advice Info Listings ...
		The LGB sport organisations are the outcome of an active and visible community, so - unhappily - the poorer the integration, the lesser the network development.
		One of the reasons for the overwhelming presence of Dutch and German clubs is because it was LGBT clubs from these nations that pioneered sporting activities at European level.
		The 1999 EuroGames were scheduled to be held in Manchester but both the EGLSF and the UK organizers decided to suspend the celebration that year when preparations fell behind track.
	www.outuk.com /content/events/eurogames2004/index2.html (790 words)

	FVV Muskelkater - Das kostenlose Infomagazin des FVV
		The Interview was originally given in English, July 29th 2004 at the Rainbow Village, Eurogames 2004 in Munich, 14h15 until 16h30, authorized.
		The presidential administration at the time extended what is called a Special Event Designation status, a status that allows people with HIV to come in for that event.
		At a city designated event every year, people are recognized for their contributions to the gay and lesbian community.
	www.fvv.org /muskelkatertexte/interview_chicago_4_e.htm (1049 words)

	Gay_games info here at en.browseblog.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Event organizers were sued by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) under the U.S. Amateur Sports Act of 1978, which gave the USOC exclusive rights to the word Olympic in the United States.
		MontrÃ©al nevertheless decided to proceed to hold an athletic event without the sanction of the FGG; this plan developed into the first edition of the World Outgames, and the creation of its sanctioning body, the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association.
		It is yet to be seen whether the worldwide communities of LGBT athletes are both willing and able to support both the Gay Games and World Outgames into the future.
	en.browseblog.info /Gay_Games (782 words)

	FVV GayGames Interview
		The University Sports Village, which is at the University of Illinois at Chicago, about 7 to 10 minutes away from the downtown hub.
		The South Sports Village is 17 minutes by train from the hub and it is a grouped around the University of Chicago, located in “Hyde Park” a very eclectic and diverse neighborhood.
		Every single additional sport, even if it is an exhibition sport, takes resources away from other sports, so the Federation through years of experience has identified the 22 sports they require and limited the total “medal” sports at 30.
	www.fvv.org /muskelkatertexte/interview_chicago_1_e.htm (6220 words)

	queersport.org \| News \| Berlin resumes Outgames bid
		Berlin's LGBT sports club Vorspiel does not support the new bid.
		Two months ago, the mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit had informed the boards of Games Berlin and Vorspiel, the city's biggest gay and lesbian sporting group, that he withdraws all support for pending bids to host a major gay and lesbian sporting event in Berlin (read the related story).
		Dirk Alex of Berlin's biggest gay and lesbian sports organisation Vorspiel is very critical of this development: "The resumption of the bid is very short-sighted regarding the planned talks between FGG and GLISA next year", Alex says, "and it puts a bid for reunified games in jeopardy."
	www.queersport.org /pages/news9976.html (486 words)

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		The Atlanta Gay Sports Alliance is an alliance of LGBT sports organizations from throughout the Metro Atlanta, Georgia, area.
		The Gay and Lesbian Sports Alliance of Southern California was formed in August 1991 to promote recreational and competitive sports participation by local athletes on the national and international levels.
		Team Salt Lake is a multi-sport organization formed for the purpose of promoting LGBT sports in Utah and supporting those teams in their competitive efforts in attending the Gay Games.
	www.gaygameschicago.org /partners/partner.php (3154 words)

	Alternative Parents Ireland
		In any event, I left the seminary when I realized that I had only talked myself into going as a way to “justify” the fact that God had made me gay.
		Representatives from next year’s two competing gay sports events — the Gay Games in Chicago and the OutGames in Montreal — were on-hand to recruit participation from athletes in nine different sports, ranging from track and field, swimming and soccer to same-sex ballroom dancing, which taxed half of the event’s total budget.
		The sporting highlight for the weekend was the gold medal in men’s field hockey lost by crowd favorites the Netherlands to visiting Australia, which had received special dispensation to play in the EuroGames to seek revenge for a gold medal won by Holland in the 2002 Gay Games in Sydney.
	www.alternativeparents.com /index.php?/weblog/2005/05/P1 (10447 words)

	Sports Event Management - Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
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	www.freewebs.com /information24/sports-event-management.html (313 words)

	University of Gloucestershire Students' Union : Weekending 12th March (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		It went on to say to say that LGBT people, as well as all Spanish people, cannot stay "passive" to such terror and also called for people to line the streets in protest.
		The events of the case, which has been dogged by claims of abuse and violence within the marriage, would have featured in the Celebrity Justice show.
		While marriage-related events on both coasts grabbed most of the headlines Friday, there was also unrest in the heartland, where 150 people protested in Chicago for same-sex marriage rights.
	www.ugsu.org /main/socs/LGBT/headlines/weekending12thmarch (2285 words)

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		The French Federation promotes LGBT sport in France, coordinates French participation in the Gay Games, hosts a large multi-sport tournament in May, and facilitates networking between sport-specific clubs and individuals.
		GSSA encourages participation in sport by LGBT persons throughout the nation of South Africa, and with Team South Africa coordinates participation by athletes in international sporting events such as the Gay Games and EuroGames.
		Vorspiel Berlin is one of the largest LGBT sports clubs in Europe with nearly 1200 members in over 30 different sports and health-oriented sports groups.
	www.gaygameschicago.org /de/partners/home.php (1606 words)

	Gay Games Montreal - QPDC Forums
		As a sponsoring partner, Labatt Breweries will be present and visible for the entire event as well as for related activities and communications programs for the next 3 years.
		The EuroGames will be held this year in Munich, Germany, from 29 July to 1 August, 2004 and over 5,000 athletes are expected to attend.
		Each year, over one hundred sporting events are held under the EGLSF banner, which means that Rendez-Vous Montréal 2006 will enjoy the benefits of an unparalleled and targeted promotional campaign to a pool of over 10,000 people.
	queerdance.ipbhost.com /index.php?showtopic=32 (1927 words)

	Ottawa XPress - Three Dollar Bill
		And with an event like this it'll help increase the profile of gay athletes and maybe give current athletes the courage to come out of the closet.
		Truth is, organizers from the US couldn't stand that the event's passage in North America wouldn't be on their "homeland".
		And it might be the biggest sporting event since the 1976 Olympics.
	www.ottawaxpress.ca /redirect.aspx?iIDReaction=19495 (2009 words)

	Life on Brian's Beat -- the Games we play
		Representatives of LGBT sports groups from around the world meet in Montreal for three days beginning tomorrow in what one delegate calls the beginning of a new era in gay sports.
		Berliners intent on hosting a major international LGBT sports competition in their city are hoping to get the world's two major gay sporting organizations to reconcile a bitter dispute.
		Not only is he co-president of the huge sporting and cultural event for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people, he plans to swim in two events and will possibly run a half-marathon on the games' final day.
	www.gaynorfolk-net.norfolk.on.ca /life-on-brians-beat/gaygames.html (6390 words)

	News & Politics
		The four-day event, which runs through Aug. 1, features athletes from 38 countries who compete in various competitions including tennis, swimming and bicycling.
		"The LGBT vocation does not prevent them [EuroGames] from being a huge multi-sport event open to everybody that wishes to participate," Van de Ven said during a press conference on Thursday before the opening ceremony.
		Munich Mayor Christian Ude welcomed the athletes to the city and said he and his city are honored to host them and the games.
	www.planetout.com /news/article.html?date=2004/07/30/4 (339 words)

	queersport.org \| News \| FGG to organise GLBT reunion conference
		The organisation, that stood behind that bid, Games Berlin eV has called upon the GLISA (the association that awards the Outgames) and the Federation of Gay Games to unify their efforts to organise one single major sporting event every four years.
		The members of the federation's assembly, held last week in Cologne (Germany), voted 30:1 for such an event.
		"We are saddened that the FGG rejected the reconciliation efforts of neutral parties [like Berlin] in favour of holding its own meeting on the current situation of the LGBT sporting world", laments Mark Tewksbury, GLISA Board Member.
	www.queersport.org /pages/news9979.html (348 words)

	Gays On The Web: Saturday, June 04, 2005
		The EuroGames are the high-quality sports and cultural event of the Gay and Lesbian Community in Europe.
		A video of the program, called "LGBT Community and Smoking", is now available for community groups to educate people about the disproportionate toll tobacco takes on the LGBT community.
		Most famously, the LGBT community launched a boycott of Florida orange juice, for whom Anita Bryant was spokesperson, that gained widespread support.
	www.4-gays.com /gayweb_blog/2005_06_04_gaysontheweb_archive.html (10580 words)

	Eurounion News Report 2000-05
		Clutching a pink teddy bear and a bunch of red roses, Wowereit said the march was both a celebration and a political event, aimed at furthering the rights of the gay community.
		Faced with the demise of the constitution, which would have seen discrimination based on sexual orientation banned across the EU for the first time, the International Lesbian and Gay Association's European branch is now looking for a commitment to gay rights from member states.
		The group argues that it may be more difficult to reach a unanimous agreement to give fundamental rights for LGBT people a high profile in a smaller document.
	globalgayz.com /eurounion-news.html (7812 words)

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