[:en]Outsport at “Addressing Homophobia At Mega Sports Events” conference in Ljubljana. [:it]Affrontare l’omofobia nei mega eventi sportivi. Outsport alla conferenza di Lubiana[:]
[:en]“Addressing Homophobia At Mega Sports Events” is the final conference of the “Queering Football” project to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on the 17th and the 18th of November.
Outsport will be there with its coordinator, Rosario Coco, and with Klaus Heusslein. The conference focuses on discrimination in sports based on sexual orientation and gender identity, therefore sharing the same aims of the Outsport project, and will be the first official Outsport International Info Day, in order to spread the news and promote networking.
The conference is organized and hosted by SPOLINT in collaboration with the Outsport Austrian partner VIDC, and focuses on the coming FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia in 2018. The hostility shown by Russian authorities and legislations toward LGBTI people is very well known and make homo-bi-transphobia an even more relevant topic, also considering its general underrepresentation. Cases of homo-bi-transphobia and sexism are frequent in the world of football, and although they are being denounced, effective measures to address the issue are not being taken. Positive initiatives promoted by clubs, institutions and even new regulations are still proving to be inadequate, and big sports events can be a great chance to make football a more welcoming place for LGBTI people and for addressing any form of discrimination in sports and society.
The conference in Ljubljana is particularly important as it will gather high representatives of the biggest sports authorities at European and global level such as UEFA and FIFA, in addition to clubs, athletes and associations. And last but not least, many LGBTI activists.[:it]Addressing Homophobia at mega-sports events – Affrontare l’omofobia nei mega eventi sportivi. Questo il titolo della conferenza conclusiva del progetto Queering Football che si tiene a Lubiana, Slovenia, il 17 e 18 novembre.
Outsport è presente alla Conferenza di Lubiana con il suo coordinatore Rosario Coco e con Klaus Heusslein. L’appuntamento, la cui tematica è assolutamente complementare col focus di Outsport su sport e discriminazione per orientamento sessuale e identità di genere, diventa così il primo degli International Info Days previsti nell’ambito del percorso progettuale per diffondere al massimo le informazioni e le attività in campo e per rafforzare l’attività di rete su questi temi.
Organizzata da SPOLINT, in cooperazione con VIDC, la conferenza si focalizza sul prossimo Campionato Mondiale di Calcio che si terrà in Russia nel 2018. La nota ostilità delle autorità e della legislazione russa nei confronti delle persone LGBTI rendono ancora più attuale una tematica già di per sé delicata e generalmente trascurata. Frequenti i casi di omofobia, transfobia e sessismo denunciati in ogni categoria e tra le tifoserie nel mondo del calcio a cui non si offrono risposte adeguate.
Le contromisure e le azioni positive assunte dai club, dalle istituzioni e dai regolamenti si sono rivelate al momento del tutto insufficienti, e l’evenienza di grandi eventi sportivi può rivelarsi un’opportunità di riflessione utile per rendere il mondo del calcio più accogliente nei confronti delle persone LGBTI e per dare un contributo al contrasto di ogni forma di discriminazione nello sport e nella società.
L’occasione della conferenza è particolarmente importante perché ospita assieme rappresentanti delle massime autorità sportive a livello europeo e globale come UEFA e FIFA, club, atleti e sportivi professionisti, associazioni sportive e realtà dei territori, accademici, attiviste e attivisti LGBTI.[:de]“Addressing Homophobia At Mega Sports Events” is the final conference of the “Queering Football” project to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on the 17th and the 18th of November.
Outsport will be there with its coordinator, Rosario Coco, and with Klaus Heusslein. The conference focuses on discrimination in sports based on sexual orientation and gender identity, therefore sharing the same aims of the Outsport project, and will be the first official Outsport International Info Day, in order to spread the news and promote networking.
The conference is organized and hosted by SPOLINT in collaboration with the Outsport Austrian partner VIDC, and focuses on the coming FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia in 2018. The hostility shown by Russian authorities and legislations toward LGBTI people is very well known and make homo-bi-transphobia an even more relevant topic, also considering its general underrepresentation. Cases of homo-bi-transphobia and sexism are frequent in the world of football, and although they are being denounced, effective measures to address the issue are not being taken. Positive initiatives promoted by clubs, institutions and even new regulations are still proving to be inadequate, and big sports events can be a great chance to make football a more welcoming place for LGBTI people and for addressing any form of discrimination in sports and society.
The conference in Ljubljana is particularly important as it will gather high representatives of the biggest sports authorities at European and global level such as UEFA and FIFA, in addition to clubs, athletes and associations. And last but not least, many LGBTI activists.[:hu]“Addressing Homophobia At Mega Sports Events” is the final conference of the “Queering Football” project to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on the 17th and the 18th of November.
Outsport will be there with its coordinator, Rosario Coco, and with Klaus Heusslein. The conference focuses on discrimination in sports based on sexual orientation and gender identity, therefore sharing the same aims of the Outsport project, and will be the first official Outsport International Info Day, in order to spread the news and promote networking.
The conference is organized and hosted by SPOLINT in collaboration with the Outsport Austrian partner VIDC, and focuses on the coming FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia in 2018. The hostility shown by Russian authorities and legislations toward LGBTI people is very well known and make homo-bi-transphobia an even more relevant topic, also considering its general underrepresentation. Cases of homo-bi-transphobia and sexism are frequent in the world of football, and although they are being denounced, effective measures to address the issue are not being taken. Positive initiatives promoted by clubs, institutions and even new regulations are still proving to be inadequate, and big sports events can be a great chance to make football a more welcoming place for LGBTI people and for addressing any form of discrimination in sports and society.
The conference in Ljubljana is particularly important as it will gather high representatives of the biggest sports authorities at European and global level such as UEFA and FIFA, in addition to clubs, athletes and associations. And last but not least, many LGBTI activists.[:]