self-confidence. lesbians and gays a chance to live their lives with total However, it also hopes to demonstrate that sport offers forms of discrimination against sexual minorities in sport. sexuality and sport, and draw attention to the various to help remove the taboos from the subject of homo The exhibition does not claim to be exhaustive, but aims into English. developments like the fact that sport is becoming a lei However, the situation is slowly changing. Various social largely ignored or openly rejected in sport. homosexuality do not mix; lesbians and gay men are still changed, the assumption still remains that sport and Even though society’s attitudes to sexuality have of homosexuals seems as abnormal as in sport. hardly a single area of society in which the participation closed doors, but rarely discussed in the open. There is a taboo subject that is usually only talked about behind The issue of gay and lesbian participation in sport is still longer be swept completely under the carpet. with the result that, even here, homosexuality can no bian movement are starting to have an impact on sport, emancipation of women, the emergence of a gay and les sure activity rather than a form of physical training, the History Centre) and others, represented an initial apprais by SC Janus, ’s Centrum Schwule Geschichte (Gay Westphalia regional government and organised jointly ministry for youth, family and health of the North Rhine- tion presented by the acceptance campaign of office the Against the Rules – Lesbians and Gays in Sport The exhibition Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF) in al of the subject. It was updated by the European Gay & 2010 and translated , an exhibi - - - - - www.eglsf.info [email protected] transportation costs. For information please contact: show the exhibition yourself. You only have to pay for Sport The exhibition Supported by Design: Conception: Idea: Lesbians and Gays in Sport Against the Rules –

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Against the Rules Lesbians and Gays in Sport An exhibition Banner Exhibition text Portraits Introduction Amelie Mauresmo John Blankenstein The exhibition consists of 37 banners in total. The ban- Leading the way-100 elite athletes Babe Didrickson Judith Arndt ners are variable at will, so that small rooms can be used Discrimination Billie Jean King Justin Fashanu as well. Higher, faster, different - LGBT in Sport Bob Marcus Urban Each banner stands on its own and is easily and fast to ar- Lesbian & gay clubs & federations David Kopay Marie Carsten range. & Gottfried von Cramm Mark Tewksbury EuroGames Greg Louganis Martina Navratilova Banner measures: Football Heinz Bonn Otto Peltzer Height 180 cm; amplitude 60 cm; weight approx. 2kg Future prospects Ian Roberts Parinya Kiatbusaba Imke Duplitzer Tom Waddell