Vorspiel - sports club for gays and lesbians Berlin
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| Surname | Vorspiel - Sports Association for Gays and Lesbians Berlin e. V. |
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| Founded | November 11, 1986 |
| Place of foundation | Berlin |
| Association headquarters | Martin-Luther-Strasse 56 10779 Berlin |
| Members | 1600 |
| Departments | 30th |
| Homepage | www.vorspiel-berlin.de |
The foreplay - sports club for gays and lesbians Berlin e. V. (officially abbreviated as foreplay - SSL Berlin ), with over 1,600 members and a range of over 30 sports one of the largest LGBT - sports clubs in Europe .
history
On November 11, 1986, the club was initially founded as the Schwuler Sportverein Vorspiel (SSV) in West Berlin. The start-up was inspired by the participation of gay athletes from Berlin in the first Gay Games in San Francisco . In 1992 the first lesbian woman joined the club and after further female growth, the club name was changed to the current one. The desire for a common sports experience among friends without discrimination was decisive for the establishment of the club . When it was founded, homosexuals were still bluntly discriminated against and the new terrifying disease AIDS caused further exclusion. The common sport conveyed strength and cohesion among the participants. The fall of the Berlin Wall and the growing together of divided Berlin ensured that gays from East Berlin could now take part in the club's sports activities and many sports facilities in the former east of the city could be used. The number of members grew from 60 members in 1988 to 600 at the turn of the year 1992/1993. New departments were established accordingly quickly and the range of sports on offer became more and more diverse. In 2011, the association celebrated its 25th anniversary with a ceremony in the Bärensaal of the old town house and a celebration in the SchwuZ . In 2016, Vorspiel celebrated its 30th birthday with many tournaments, a colorful car on Berlin's Christopher Street Day and a big birthday party.
Club organization
The board of the Vorspiel SSL Berlin e. V. consists of five members. In addition to normal club operations and cooperation with sports associations, the board also works with other organizations such as B. the Lesbian and Gay Association in Germany e. V. (LSVD) and the Berliner Aids-Hilfe e. V. together and thus makes its contribution to the recognition of people living and loving differently in society. There is also regular and successful cooperation with the Seitenwechsel association , which is aimed at a purely female audience. In October 2018, Vorspiel - supported by Seitenwechsel , the German Olympic Sports Confederation , the Landessportbund Berlin and funded by the Hannchen-Mehrsitz-Stiftung , the Federal Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation and the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth - organized the first federal network conference of queer sports clubs, to intensify the cooperation between queer sports clubs in Germany and to exchange ideas with other guests from science, politics, society and organized sport, to develop new projects and to advance the fight against homophobia and transgender hostility in sport.
Sports offer
The association offers over 70 appointments seven days a week in currently 31 sports in different Berlin districts : aerobics , aikido , Alexander technique , badminton , basketball , fitness , fitness for the elderly, functional training , soccer , handball , Indiaca , inline skating , running , Athletics , line dance , Nordic walking , Pilates , Qigong , racing bike , salsa , swimming , squash , taiji , tennis , table tennis , ving tsun , dodgeball , volleyball , water polo , spinal exercises , yoga , yoga for the elderly and zhangchi.
Sporting events
In 2015 the sports festival of the project "Set a Sign" (together with MANEO - The gay anti-violence project in Berlin) celebrated a successful premiere. Many athletes have taken the German sports badge together and, regardless of their sexual or gender identity, age or origin, have set a sign of tolerance, respect and diversity in sport. The annual sports festival has been taking place in the stadium of TSV GutsMuths Berlin since 2016 , one of the most popular disciplines of the event is handbag throwing. For the 5th anniversary (2019) a multisport festival was held, at which the participants could also take part in taster courses in many sports. At the "Future Prize of the Berlin Sports" the project in 2015 has the 4th place, in 2016 a prominent panel discussion on the topic was " Homo - and transphobia in sport" with Balian Buschbaum organized. In 2017, the project's sports program was expanded to include a fitness tournament: the foreplay "superhero games".
Since 2014, together with other gay and lesbian sports clubs from Berlin, Vorspiel has been organizing the Queerpiele, a multisport event with a sporty program to participate, get to know and network. Every two years, recreational athletes and friends are invited to try out different sports for a weekend.
From 1990 to 2000 the Gay and Lesbian Run took place annually in the Rehberge stadium ( Wedding ). A large, international badminton tournament has been held since 1997: in 2014 over 350 athletes from 18 countries took part.
Since 2007 the basketball department has organized a big tournament every year with participants from all over Europe and the volleyball department has been organizing the Goldelsen Cup together with the Seitenwechsel club since 2008 , in which over 50 international teams compete against each other.
In 1996, the association organized the fourth EuroGames in Berlin together with other gay and lesbian sports clubs , bringing over 3000 active people from all over Europe in 17 different sports to Berlin. Prelude SSL Berlin e. V. also regularly takes part in the Gay Games with a delegation .
Association work
The club is a member of various sports associations , so that it is possible to take part in licensed competitions. Membership in the state sports association had to be fought for in court in 1989 because the club's name was considered offensive. In addition, Vorspiel has been a member of the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) since 1989 and the European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF) since 1995 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 25 years of Vorspiel SSL Berlin e. V .: [1] , viewed January 21, 2014
- ↑ Board of Directors: [2] , viewed on January 21, 2014
- ↑ Sports offer: [3] , seen on January 21, 2014
- ↑ Eurogames: 2006 - Organizers ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , as seen on March 19, 2007
- ↑ BVerfG, NJW -RR 1989, 636
