EuroGames

Similar to the Gay Games, EuroGames are a sports-for-all event, open for participation irrespective of sex, age, sexual identity or physical ability.

[1][2] The EuroGames is most often an extended weekend event with opening and closing ceremonies, some of the sport, social, policy and cultural activities also happening on the days before.

The 2023 EuroGames took place in Bern, Switzerland from 26 to 29 July 2023, with 20 sporting disciplines and over 2,000 athletes of various sexual orientations and gender identities participated in the event.

[7] EuroGames 2023 hosting impacted Bern Pride to have exceptionally big Village and elaborate multi-day and multi-vanue program mostly with local talent and few guests.

[11] A financial support program was set up to enable the participation of over 100 people from countries in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe where the LGBT community is still discriminated against.

This is the first time the city hosts a European sports competition dedicated to the LGBT+ community, with a plan to bring together 4,000 athletes from over 40 countries in Europe and around the world to participate in over thirty sporting disciplines and cultural program, including tennis, football, rugby, synchronised swimming, pétanque, sailing, dance and choral singing, with the support of fifteen clubs affiliated to the OSL.

[13][14] The LGBT+ Sports Federation also pointed out that this event offers the opportunity "to exchange ideas and raise awareness among participants and spectators around themes such as LBGT+ handisport, the fight against serophobia, and notions of gender and sexual orientation".