2017 Women’s European Football Championships, Utrecht, Netherlands

The “Queering Football” project and the European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation organised a Euro Pride House in Utrecht.

The opening of the Euro Pride House took place on the afternoon of the 16^th July at 5pm at the Bodytalk bar, where Karin Blankenstein, founder of the John Blankenstein Foundation opened the Euro Pride House and presented the Erasmus + Project, “Heroes of Football”.

Every time there was a game in Utrecht [Sun 16^th 18:00/ Wed 19^th 20:45/ Sat 22^nd 20:45/Tues 25^th July], the basement was open so that the matches could be watched and the exhibition could be shown. There was a separate bar in the basement with bathroom facilities, which lead out on to the canal.

There were discussions prior to the matches on women in football, and the local women’s football team Zwaluwen Utrecht was on hand to join the conversation.

All these activities were part of the project “Queering Football TACKLING HOMOPHOBIA AND PROMOTING ANTI-­‐ DISCRIMINATION AROUND MAJOR SPORT EVENTS” co-­‐funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ Sports program and coordinated by fairplay-­‐VIDC, an anti-­‐discrimination initiative based in Vienna.

Euro Pride House 2017 event Schedule