The Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association (GLISA) was an international

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association. Their last update was issued in March 2016, and the website has been offline since October 2017. The focus of GLISA was developing gay and lesbian sport worldwide. This was engineered through sanctioning world and continental games, creating a global calendar of LGBT events, fostering the creation of new LGBT federations, clubs and teams, supporting existing LGBT sport organizations, working in partnership with other sport organization to pursue this mandate, and providing the financial framework to support GLISA's global efforts. The Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association was a democratically governed, international association of LGBT sport and human rights organizations. Modeled after existing multi-sport organizations, GLISA’s members were international sporting federations, human rights organizations, continental associations representing sport teams and clubs from the major regions of the world, host cities of GLISA’s

World Outgames The World Outgames were a sporting and cultural event hosted by the gay community. The Outgames were open to all who wish to participate, without regard to sexual orientation. There were no qualifying standards, although competitions were arranged a ...

, and other organizations that support the mandate of GLISA. GLISA aimed to expand LGBT rights by requiring that a human rights conference be included at every event sanctioned as an Outgames. The first World Outgames in

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, produced the

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. The organization cancelled the 2016 Asia Pacific Outgames, 2016 North American Outgames and 2017 World Outgames. According to some LGBTQ+ activists, GLISA had failed to achieve its vision and had damaged the greater LGBTQ+ Sports Community. These activists called on GLISA and the Outgames brand to formally dismantle and dissolve.

History

GLISA was formed by an international working group brought together by the

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organizers. In 2003, the

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(FGG) withdrew its sanction of Montreal, because of a dispute over the size of the event and demands of overall control of the Montreal 2006 budget by the FGG. Through an informal survey, Montreal found that several athletes and organizations were willing to participate in the event even if the FGG did not want to come to an agreement with the Montreal 2006 organizers. Montreal 2006, with support from its partners including the city of Montreal, the Province of Québec and the Federal government decided to go forward with the event. In order to create a legacy for the games—and a newly integrated concept: a human rights conference—Montreal 2006 organizers brought representatives from every continent to form an organization that would reflect the needs of the wider community. Out of this meeting of representatives sprung the Gay and Lesbian International "Sport" Association and a new sport, culture and human rights event: the

World OutGames The World Outgames were a sporting and cultural event hosted by the gay community. The Outgames were open to all who wish to participate, without regard to sexual orientation. There were no qualifying standards, although competitions were arranged a ...

. GLISA licensed the first edition of the

to Montreal 2006. GLISA licensed the rights the second edition of the World Outgames

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, hosted the sport, culture and human rights event in 2013. The next world Outgames was scheduled to be held in May 2017 in

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, but was abruptly cancelled on the first day of the event.

Regional outgames

After establishing the World Outgames, GLISA supported the establishment of continental outgames, including the

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and the AsiaPacific Outgames, intending to hold them every three years. In 2007, the North American Outgames were held in

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, and the 2008 Asia-Pacific Outgames were held in

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. In 2011, the North American Outgames were held in

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, Canada and the Asia-Pacific Outgames were held in

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. Darwin, Australia, hosted the 3rd Asia-Pacific Outgames in May 2014. Both the 2016 Asia Pacific and North American Outgames were subsequently cancelled due to massive disorganization. No future events were scheduled.http://asiapacificoutgames.org/2015/08/4th-asia-pacific-outgames-auckland-february-2016-host-city-withdrawal/

References

6. ^ https://glisa.blog

External links

Gay Games vs. Outgames - Registrations now open in both cities
(QueerSport.org) Sep 16, 2004 {{Outgames International LGBT sports organizations *

History

Regional outgames

See also

References

External links