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MESIS Capacity Building Sessions ready to start! 

The selection process is finally over!

Participants were selected after a joint call launched by project partners in Italy, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Portugal. Out of 87 applicants, we selected 65 profiles.

Apply to the MESIS call for participants, learn about the Outsport educational method on LGBTIQ+ inclusion

The Erasmus + MESIS project aims to foster inclusive sport communities by developing competencies and e-learning tools based on the Outsport approach.

As part of the core project activities, four partners from Italy, Bulgaria, Portugal and Slovenia will select 15 participants (60 in total) who will join a comprehensive Capacity Building session designed to build knowledge and competencies for coaches and PE teachers in the field of Education Through Sport and LGBTI issues.

SGS research presented at the CSIT ordinary congress

The SGS team visited the 45th CSIT Ordinary Congress and the International Amateur Sports Forum, which took place from the 8th to 10th of November at INEF – Barcelona.

The E+ Project SGS – Sport for all Genders and Sexualities just launched the Rising Together Campaign for the EU week of Sport  2023

The campaign will be launched for the European Week of Sport with social media actions and stories from transgender, intersex athletes and allies in sports, in 4 different languages. It strives to emphasize the fact that every individual has the fundamental right to engage in sports, irrespective of their gender identity or sexual orientation.

The WHO recognizes the Outsport method as an educational sport practice for health

For the first time, the WHO introduces the inclusion of LGBTI people among the factors that contribute to health promotion in sport, mentioning the Outsport method and showcasing it in the collection of tools and good practices.

The E+ MESIS project: Implementing the Outsport approach on Education Through Sport

Training of Trainers in Sofia, Bulgaria. 

The main objective was to boost their competences while co-designing the process of the next three Capacity Building Sessions scheduled for 2024, which will select and involve 60 coaches and PE teachers in cooperation with schools, sports associations and local authorities from Bulgaria, Slovenia, Italy and Portugal. 

Sport for all Genders and Sexualities!

The overall goal of the project is to promote inclusion and participation of all genders and sexualities in European grassroots sports. This requires an understanding of how athletes are still excluded from sport due to a prevailing binary gender norm.

LGBTIQ in sport: which lessons from QATAR 2022

The topic of LGBTIQ+ rights in sports gained worldwide relevance during and after the Fifa Worldcup in Qatar 2022.

Before the competition, the public debate emerged as never before. From Josh Cavallo’s statements until the interview of Ambassador Khalid Salman, who defined homosexuality as an “illness”, LGBTIQ+ rights became an intensively discussed topic related to the World Cup.

The first personal meeting of the partners of the EU project “Sport for all Genders and Sexualities!” (SGS) took place in Cologne.

From July 25 to 26, the partners from Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria met in person for the first time. In intense meetings, the focus, apart from administrative matters, was mainly on two main points.

Combating hate speech in Sport

“Combating Hate Speech in Sport”, a new joint project co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe aims to explore innovative approaches to tackle racism, homo-bi-transphobia, sexism and other manifestations of hate speech.