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is only natural to include a series of workshops
dedicated to the realm of sport in the inaugural
conference of the 1st World Outgames in Montréal
on the human rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender (LGBT) community.
The goal of this series of workshops is twofold:
- First, to provide
an overview of the current state of LGBT
sport after nearly 25 years of existence.
- Second, to examine
the sport movement as an indicator of social
change and the prospects for social transformation.
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Thusday 27 July |
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| 11:00
- 12:30 |
Workshop Block 1 |
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1. Effective Agents of Social Change
Creating social change at a grassroots level is a difficult, time-consuming process. In this presentation, we hear from three speakers who have demonstrated exceptional progress in bringing about greater social tolerance and learn what makes their efforts so successful.
Pat Griffin, Women's Sports Foundation, Director of "It Takes a Team," a project aimed at eliminating homophobia in sport. (USA)
Marcia Stein, Program Manager for Triangle Speakers, a speaker's bureau in Santa Cruz, California that arranges educational panels on gay & lesbian issues. (USA)
Shelby Knox, a young student who received national attention for single-handedly taking on the educational system in Lubbock, Texas, targeting their abstinence-only sexual education program. (USA)
Chair: Rob Jagnow, Ambassador for the Gay & Lesbian Athletics Foundation (USA)
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Room:
514-A
Language:
English
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2. The LGBT Sport Movement in Developing Countries
In many developed countries, the LGBT sports movement has already demonstrated its utility as a mechanism for promoting visibility, breaking down stereotypes, and creating healthy LGBT communities. In many developing countries, however, where homophobia may still be very strong, LGBT sports are not as visible or accessible to people. How can sports also be used as a healthy way to bring together members of the LGBT community in developing countries? What needs to be done to overcome homophobia and allow LGBT sports to blossom in these countries?
Saïd Pulido (Mexico)
Dulcimar Antônio Grando (Brazil)
Sylvain Ferez, University of Amsterdam (France)
Chair: Jordan Goldwarg, Member of the Gay & Lesbian Athletics Foundation (Canada) |
Room:
514-B
Language:
English
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| 14:00
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Workshop
Block 2 |
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1. Challenging Societal Norms: Sexual Minorities in Sport
In this workshop, speakers will present recent academic research on sexual minorities in sport. The panellists will discuss the role of sports in the school system, the family, and in society as a whole and its influence on what is considered to be "normal" and what constitutes "appropriate" gender roles.
Sandra Kirby, University of Winnipeg (Canada)
Gareth Owen, PhD Candidate, London South Bank University (United Kingdom)
Emilie Sablik, PhD Student, Université de Paul Sabatier Toulouse III (France)
Philippe Liotard, European Specialist on discrimination in sport, Professor and Researcher, University of Lyon, (France)
Chair: Ian Wellard, Centre for Physical Education Research, Canterbury Christ Church University (United Kingdom)
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Room:
514-A
Language:
English
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2. Legal Issues in LGBT Sport
The past few years have brought several victories for equality in sport, but numerous battles are still being fought to allow everyone fair treatment and equal access to the playing field. In this panel, leaders in the legal forefront of LGBT sport will provide their perspectives and a path for the future.
Catherine Meade, Co-President, GLISA (Canada)
Shannon Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights (USA)
Rachel Corbett, Executive Director, GLISA (Canada)
Karen Doering, National Center for Lesbian Rights (USA)
Chair: Helen Carroll, Sports Project Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights (USA) |
Room:
514-B
Language:
English
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Friday 28 July |
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Workshop
Block 3 |
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1. Creating Safe, Welcoming Sporting Environments
This workshop will focus
on brainstorming strategies designed to combat
homophobia in sport at all levels. The workshop
will investigate the forms in which homophobia
is manifested in sport and practical and
viable responses to homophobia, both from
an individual and systemic perspective. The
workshop will also review programs in place
to address issues of isolation, discrimination,
violence, harassment, loss of self-esteem,
team dynamics and other issues related
to sexual identity and orientation in sport.
Finally, the workshop will investigate the
appropriate role of sport participants, including
players, coaches, administrators and parents
in addressing homophobia and ways to mobilize
people and resources.
Brian Osler, Gay & Lesbian Athletes Association (Canada)
Caroline Symons, Course Co-ordinator, Sports Administration Programs, Victoria University (Australia)
Bas Koppers, Liaison officer of EGLSF to the Council of Europe; Secretary-General, Netherlands Cultural Sport Federation (Netherlands)
Chair: Judith Schuyf, Author of several academic researches and surveys on sport and LGBT issues; Chair, Homosport Nederland (Netherlands) |
Room:
514-A
Language:
English
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2. Seeing the Invisible, Speaking About the Unspoken: Challenging Homophobia in Women's Sports
For girls and women, homophobia in sport presents an obstacle to participation for both groups: lesbians who are not welcomed and heterosexual girls and women who are reluctant to pursue sport activities because of the lesbian label. This session will look at the work being done in Canada and the US to the address these issues. In addition, we will hear of the personal experience of an elite coach who has worked in both Canada and the US.
Karin Lofstrom, Executive Director, Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity, a GLISA associate member (Canada)
Pat Griffin, Director, "It Takes a Team!" Education Campaign for LGBT Issues in Sport, US Women's Sports Foundation (USA)
Shannon Miller, Head Coach Women's Hockey, University of Minnesota - Duluth & Former Canadian Olympic & National Team Women's Hockey Team Coach (Canada)
Guillemette Pouliquen, member, Centre de Recherche et d’Innovation sur le Sport (CRIS) (France)
Simon Louis Lajeunesse, Ph. D., Social Services (Québec, Canada)
Chair: Phyllis Berck, Past Chair CAAWS - Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (Canada) |
Room:
514-B
Language:
English
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Workshop
Block 4 |
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1. Transgender in Sport
All too
often, transgender members of our community
get left out of the discussion when we
talk about LGBT issues. But in
the area of sports in particular, there
are serious issues still faced by the
transgender community. Under standards
of competition, where should transgender
participants be most appropriately included? This
workshop will address the issues of transgender
participants in sport
and attempt to draft a resolution regarding
rules of participation.
Shannon Minter, Legal Director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights (USA)
Chair: Jeffrey Weekley, Member of the Gay & Lesbian Athletics Foundation. (USA) |
Room:
514-A
Language:
English
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2. In Search of Role Models: How to Eradicate Homophobic Barriers in Pro Sport
An openly gay athlete
in professional sports would serve as an
incredible role model for all youth, gay
or straight. But with no openly gay
players in men's team sports such as baseball,
basketball, ice hockey, rugby or American
football, it is clear that there are organizational
barriers to coming out. This panel
will address needed changes that would create
a tolerant sporting environment for all.
Roger G. Le Blanc, University of Otago (New Zealand)
Tatjana Eggeling, Institute of Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology (Goettingen, Germany)
Tanja Walther, Former soccer player with Turbine Potsdam, Berlin (Germany)
Simon Sermon, Pro wrestler (USA)
Tyler Hoffman, Former Professional Umpire (Canada)
Chair: Mac Chinsomboon, president of the Gay & Lesbian Athletics Foundation (USA) |
Room:
514-B
Language:
English
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Saturday 29 July |
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Workshop
Block 5 |
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1. Sports as an Instrument in Tackling Homophobia
This workshop will discuss
the impact that LGBT organizations and
umbrella organizations can have in the
field of tackling homophobia towards Governments
and Local Authorities. We will also consider
the impact of athletics in the LGBT community
on outreach, on the fight against homophobia
and on integration. Speakers will reflect
on LGBT sport events including the EuroGames,
a major LGBT sport tournament in Europe
with up to 5,000 participants.
Judith Schuijf, Author of several academic researches and surveys on sport and LGBT issues; Chair, Homosport Nederland (Netherlands)
Bernard Baks, Liaison officer of EGLSF to the Council of Europe; Secretary-General, Netherlands Cultural Sport Federation (Netherlands)
Philippe Liotard, European Specialist on discrimination in sport, Professor and Researcher, University of Lyon, (France)
Chair: Johan van de Ven, Board member & Treasurer, European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation (Netherlands) |
Room:
514-A
Language:
English
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2. The Importance of Partnership in Developing LGBT Sport
GLISA pursues a mandate
comprised of four pillars of activity:
developing LBGT sport, delivering games,
professionalizing the movement and pursuing
partnership. The focus of this presentation
is the latter mandate - pursuing partnership
with mainstream sport, cultural and human
rights organizations to advance our mission.
In the last 2 1/2 years, GLISA has become
involved in mainstream sport initiatives
dealing with LGBT issues, highlighting
the long term importance of creating mutual
respect between the international LGBT
and mainstream sport communities. This
presentation will outline how GLISA and
Outgames are using a partnership approach
in different parts of the world to mobilize
the power of sport to create social change.
Said Pulido, Latin/South America Director, GLISA (Mexico)
Greg Larocque, International Federation Director, GLISA (Canada)
Peter Sagar, Australia/Pacific Director, GLISA (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Chair: Julia
Applegate, North America Director,
GLISA (Columbus, Ohio, USA) |
Room:
514-B
Language:
English
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The right to freedom of association and expression
for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
community has been reinforced by the emergence
of specific sporting events and by the creation
of sporting structures by and for the LGBT community.
In what way have these developments served to advance
other essential human rights?
How have sports associations and
institutions participated in claiming this right
to be different? How are they to be understood
as activist organizations? What are the difficulties
in having these rights recognized and applied,
in sport as in other areas of life? How has the
LGBT sports movement changed through its history,
in different countries, social groups, for women
and men of all ages and ethnicities.
The disparities between the developed world and
the developing world are obvious, but they have
never been discussed in any organized fashion.
Basic human rights, such as the right of assembly
and association are not guaranteed for lesbian,
gay, bisexual or transgendered people in parts
of the world where other human rights are less
advanced. How can sport change this?
As well, it is worth examining
the issues specific to the LGBT sport movement
itself and the strategies the movement has developed
to address them. Two different visions of the
movement currently coexist: one applying an assimilationist
strategy (adhering to and integrating with the
realm of traditional sport) and the other, a
segregationist strategy (creating a parallel
and separate sport movement). What issues are
involved in building a global structure for LGBT
sport and what are the most appropriate tools
to address them?
The implications and practice of
sport for the LGBT community go beyond simply
the issues involved in sport itself. It is worth
examining these in more depth.
Sport is organized on the basis of differences
- skill levels, age categories, gender categories,
weight categories, and so on. How does LGBT sport
come to terms with traditional sport categories?
How, for example, do we integrate the concept
of gender in sport with a community that represents
such gender diversity?
Other issues to consider include:
- How do we include LGBT people
with disabilities in sport?
- Sports as therapy for those
suffering from disease
- The physical and psychological
effects of the gender reassignment process
- An aging LGBT population in
developed countries and other issues of age
in LGBT sports
- How do we interact as members
of distinct populations within the LGBT community?
- Who are our diverse role models
and how do they intersect with non-LGBT sports?
Since its creation, the LGBT sports movement
has been a form of social participation. The
growth and expansion of the LGBT sports movement
is a clear demonstration that this form of participation
continues to be popular. Whether or not this
participation affects greater social change needs
to be examined. We intend to examine whether
sports can be an effective way to change ideas
and perceptions about what it means to be LGBT
and whether homophobia is so persistent in sports
that it cannot be unlearned?
Sport as an institution is widely viewed as relatively
stable with universal values. However, since
the first Gay Olympic Games in 1982 and the subsequent
Gay Games in the years that followed, LGBT sport
has had to negotiate with the powerful structures
that set the values of traditional sport. It
has established its own rule system, not only
to assert its identity, but to take into account
the differences that organized sports institutions,
which are based solely on competitiveness, cannot
accommodate.
Since the notion of ethics
often arises in the discussion of sports, what
ethics does LGBT sport represent? What questions
arise and how do they address the way societies
deal with differences?
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