For the first time most countries from the region of South East Europe
will take part in EuroGames at it's 13th instance next week in
Rotterdam. This is both major exception after 12 instances of
EuroGames and 2 decades since these countries formed in western
Balkans as independent states. Pioneering effort in networking and
organizing was done in past year to make this development happen.
LGBTQ sport initiatives and individuals from the region have been
coordinating personally, informally, on-line and off-line, but will be
meeting each other for the first and also presenting themselves to the
larger LGBTQ international scene next Thursday. Initiated by qSPORT
(Croatia) and developed through the effort of handful of
individuals/activist organizations from the region and with support of
EGLSF, GLISA, EuroGames Rotterdam, COC-Rotterdam and Dutch Embassy in
Sarajevo - this finally became possible. Please join us and meet at
Roodkapje.org ( at Meent 125, http://goo.gl/W5u1w) an exceptional
queer cultural space with bar, buffet and gallery on next Thursday at
18h and have a chance to meet new LGBTQ sport people from the edges of
Europe - where being gay is less about homosexual orientation and much
more about being queer in societies that does not tolerate
differences. Please distribute this info to your friends and club
members who might be or know someone from South East Europe diaspora,
that might be interested in supporting this pioneering activity -
maybe even willing to join these few individuals in the future to make
stronger presence in the future of international LGBTQ sport and their
local communities.
http://SEE.QueerSport.info/pioneering_at_EuroGames |