The board of GLISA International would like to congratulate the new GLISA Asia Pacific Board. The incoming Board is a mixture of new and old members; Frank Brady (Adelaide, Australia), Karen Moses (Wellington, New Zealand, based in Fiji), Kevin Haunui (Wellington New Zealand), and new members Ken Moala (Brisbane, Australia), Helen Stevens (Melbourne, Australia), Barry [...]
GLISA International and FGG Co-Presidents receive the Civil Courage Award of the LGBT community in Berlin
Tweet At the end of a great CSD-Parade (Christopher Street Day) today in Berlin, the ...
Danish Gay Rights Campaigner Dies
As the fight for gay marriage gets stronger all around the world, let’s pause to remember the first person in the world ever to have a gay relationship legally recognised: died this weekend aged 96 having survived his partner Egil for 16 years. It was in October 1989 that Denmark introduced same-sex “registered partnerships”, as [...]
OUTgames win Wellington’s supreme community award
The organisers behind the Outgames, which was the second-biggest international sporting event in Wellington this year, are the Supreme Winner of the 2011 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards. The awards, presented tonight at a ceremony hosted by Mayor Celia Wade-Brown in the Council Chamber, acknowledge the contribution of voluntary and non-profit organisations and their volunteers. [...]
Four new members elected to GLISA International Board
At the very well attended GLISA International Delegate Congress (held Saturday June 18), in total 4 new Board members were elected to join the Board for an initial period of 1 year. New Board members representing Continental Association Notrh America are Kevin Brauer (team Colorado) and Nelson Lee (LA Frontrunners). Kevin and Nelson will take [...]
New Officers for GLISA International Board
At the first meeting after the GLISA Delegate Congress, the Board members have chosen the officers for the Board: Julia Applegate: Female Co-President Wessel van Kampen: Male Co-President Nelson Lee: Treasurer Paul Brummitt: Secretary On behalf of the Board, we congratulate all officers! the end of a great CSD-Parade (Christopher Street Day) today in Berlin, [...]
Wellington Outgames! Festive opening of the 2nd Asia Pasific Outgames!
On Saturday March 12, the 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames were officially opened by His Excellency Rt Hon Sir Anand Satyanand GNZM, QSO. This week long event in Wellington will host more than 1400 participants in 16 sports, various cultural events and of course a Human Rights conference themed: Strength In Diversity: Connect, Collaborate, Inspire. More information [...]
Status Update 1 Quadrennial Event 2018
After the start of the joint GLISA International (Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association) and FGG (Federation of Gay Games) Working Group end January, GLISA International would like to provide an update on the progress of our work and activities. The composition of the Working Group (12 members in total) is as follows: GLISA International [...]
GLISA Update July 2011
Welcome to this 4th GLISA Update! In this GLISA Update 2nd North America Outgames in Vancouver 6th GLISA Delegate Congress Introducing Edwin Listhaeghe, Antwerp Marketing & Communications Civil Courage Award Berlin Pride Best Practice: the annual Berlin Lesbian-Gay City Festival “Dossier-2018” – One World Event: the status thus far Continental news: GLISA Asia Pacific Event [...]
June 18, 8 pm GMT: 6th GLISA International Delegate Congress
After consulting our stakeholders, we are now able to announce the date for the 6th annual GLISA International Delegate Congress. The meeting will be held via teleconference on Saturday June 18, 8 pm UTC (for North and South America and Europe) and June 19 for Asia Pacific. All material for the DelCon, including the agenda, [...]
GLISA to be honoured with Civil Courage Award 2011!
The board of the Berlin Pride Association (Berliner Christopher Street Day e.V.) has selected both FGG and GLISA as laureates of the Civil Courage Award 2011. The award was first introduced in 2001 and has been presented annually ever since to 2 to 4 people or organizations that have particularly furthered the cause of LGBT [...]
