Toronto, ON - November 3, 2010: The 2010 Pride House organizing committee released the findings for the first ever Olympic and Paralympic Pride House Pavilion. The report outlines the successes and learning experiences in creating the Pride House Pavilion for the Vancouver Winter Games. The report will be passed on to future organizing groups for London 2012, and Sochi in 2014 to help break down the barriers of homophobia and transphobia that exist in the sports world and in general."Sport has the power to help address homophobic and transphobic violence and harassment," said Dean Nelson, Pride House Founder and Executive Producer. "We hope that what we learned from these past games will continue in London 2012 and Sochi in 2014."Blake Skjellerup the New Zealand speed skater was not out when he competed at the games but spent time at the Pride house pavilion. He credits this experience with inspiring him to come out publicly after the games. Jennifer Birch-Jones, author of the report says there is still much work left to do to address homophobia and transphobia in sport. "This historic first ever Pride house is a true beacon of hope and a catalyst for positive change in the LGBT community here in Canada and around the world."
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WHAT: Launch of Pride House Legacy Report in conjunction with Travel Gay Canada and the IGLTA WHEN: Thursday, November 4th, 2010 6:00pmWHERE: Intercontinental Toronto Centre 225 Front Street West, TorontoFOR MORE INFORMATIONDean Nelson, Pride House Executive ProducerTel: 604.288.7218Email: dean@gaywhistler.comJennifer Birch-Jones, Author Pride House Legacy Report Tel: 613.725.7411Email: jb-jconsulting@magma.ca
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Travel Gay Canada - First Annual LGBT Tourism Conference
Travel Gay Canada (TGC) hosts industry colleagues from across the country as they examine who the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) travel market is, what they look for when travelling, and how to successfully reach them. Conference is on Friday, November 5th, 2011For more information refer to: http://www.tgcconference.com/Work shop highlight:Fri., Nov. 5th 4:00-5:00PMSport Tourism: The Importance of LGBT Sporting Events
Sport tourism is big business for destinations, but what about LGBT specific sporting events? Is there value in it? And how can mainstream sporting events benefit from LGBT components? Panellists will discuss the importance and value LGBT sports has on tourism and why there are advantages for businesses and destinations to have LGBT strategies in place, even for mainstream sporting events.For more information refer to: TGC conference Agenda
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About Alpenglow Productions/GayWhistler
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