Gay Outdoor Club Munich

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Section Gay Outdoor Club of the German Alpine Club (DAV) e. V.
(GOC Munich)
Logo of the German Alpine Club
founding 1986
Seat Munich , Bavaria
Chair Thomas Michel
Members 1645 (as of December 31, 2018)
Website GOCMuenchen.de

The Gay Outdoor Club section of the German Alpine Club (DAV) e. V. (GOC Munich) is a German lesbian - gay nature sports club and a section in the German Alpine Club based in Munich . As of December 31, 2018, the association has 1645 members, making it one of the smaller sections of the German Alpine Association .

activities

According to the statutes, the activities range from simple hikes to high mountain tours of all levels of difficulty. Other activities include mountain biking , inline skating and all kinds of winter sports . The activities last from one day to trips lasting several weeks. There is an in-house equipment rental.

In addition to the sporting activities, there is a get-together once a month. Also once a month, members of the counter service in the sub - Schwulen Kommunikation- und Kulturzentrum München e. V. The group also takes part in the annual Christopher Street Day in Munich.

history

The GOC Munich was founded in 1986 by the mountain-loving native of Britain, John Heeley, as a loose association based on the English model. Until his death, Heeley was one of the mainspring of the club and also managed to integrate many people who otherwise did not feel at home in the gay scene. On November 30, 2001, John was awarded the bronze medal " Munich shines - the friends of Munich" from the state capital for his services to gay recreational sports . He and another comrade from the club had an accident on September 10, 2002 in a mountain accident in the Italian Adamello group .

Due to changes in liability law , an association was founded on November 30, 2003 to cover the liability risk of the organizers and tour guides of the GOC. Therefore, an application was made to become part of the German Alpine Association (DAV), which was concluded unanimously and without problems on March 21, 2004. Since then, the GOC Munich has been the lesbian-gay section of the DAV with all the advantages for its members, such as insurance coverage and privileges on the Alpine Club huts . Even the DAV the GOC supports with his experience and services such as training of coaches who undergo regular training.

Since joining the DAV, GOC Munich has maintained a close partnership with its Berlin section and has also sponsored the Berliner Hütte . From the beginning until 1990 the association was a member of the English GOC, founded in 1974. Then they switched to the International Gay & Lesbian Outdoors Organization (IGLOO), which was founded before 1986 and which has not been very active as an organizational structure for some time (1996).

Together with the HikeDykes , the GOC organized an accompanying outdoor program for participants and visitors before and after the EuroGames 2004.

Name similarities and role model effect

In Germany there are GOCs in Berlin (2004), Hanover, Rhein / Main (Frankfurt, emerged in 1996 from the hiking group of the Frankfurt volleyball club founded in 1986 ) and Middle Rhine (2006) , although not organized as clubs . In Germany there are other gay and lesbian hiking groups under different names, including the gay hiking group Baden-Württemberg , which was initiated in 1978 .

partner

Since July 14, 2006, the GOC has sponsored the Berliner Hütte of the Berlin section of the German Alpine Club . There are also connections to the Rhineland-Cologne section (since 2002) and other associations and initiatives in Germany and Europe.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Section Gay Outdoor Club , German Alpine Association, alpenverein.de
  2. ↑ Pink-purple alpenglow - The German Alpine Association has started its first gay and lesbian section. In: g26.ch , March 21, 2004 ( Memento from January 13, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ GOC-UK
  4. ^ Gay Outdoor Club (GOC). In: gaymunich.de , accessed on June 10, 2008
  5. ^ Roland Graf: Gay Outdoor Club - Munich and Nuremberg. In: Nürnberger Schwulenpost , September 1997 ( Memento from May 23, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Outdoor program. In: 2004.eurogames.info
  7. ↑ Sponsorship of the Berliner Hütte. In: GOCMuenchen.de
  8. ↑ Our partners. In: GOCMuenchen.de