worldOutgames Antwerp 2013

Join us from 31 July - 11 August 2013!!

The co-chairs on the Antwerp worldOutgames LGBT Human Rights Conference

The worldOutgames Antwerp (WOGA), which will be held from 31 July – 11 August, and the Gay and Lesbian Internatinal Sport Association (GLISA) have the pleasure to introduce to you our 2 co-chairs for our Human Rights Conference: Ms. Tamara Adrian Hernandez (Venezuela) and Mr. Jean-Yves Duthel (Canada). This conference will be held from 31st of July to 2nd of August 2013.

Ms. Tamara Adrian Hernandez is a lawyer who graduated from the Catholic University Andrés Bello (Caracas) and is a doctor in commercial law at the University of Panthéon-Assas (Paris). She is a law professor at the Catholic University Andrés Bello, the Central University from Venezuela and the Metropolitan University. She’s an international recognized activist for women’s rights and sexual minorities. She’s a transgender herself since 2002.

Mr. Jean Yves Duthel graduated in political sciences at the University of Strasbourg. He emigrated to Quebec (Canada) in 1972. Since then he worked mainly in the political domain as well as in the field of LGBT rights. He was a member of several ministerial cabinets in Quebec and is especially proud to have been the coordinator of the LGBT Human Rights Conference at the Montreal worldOutgames in 2006 holding 1600 participants. Together with his partner of 40 years they have 3 adult children. He just published his book “Two men and three cradles”.

Calendar

If you want a quick overview of all the activities taking place during the worldOutgames, take a look at our day-by-day calender below. Click on each activity's link to retrieve more information about the particular event! (in progress, more links will be added!)

After each activity (between brackets) is noted under which category the event is listed:

HR = Human Rights (green link)
C = Culture (yellow link)
MGW = Mister Gay World (Red link)
P = Parties (Blue link)
S = Sport (Orange link)

WED 31/07	THU 01/08	FRI 02/08	SAT 03/08
Human Rights conference (HR)	Opening Rainbow Village (C), Human rights conference (HR), Mister Gay World (MGW)	Kick Off Party (P), Human rights conference (HR), Mister Gay World (MGW)	Opening Ceremony, Opening Party Fabulous (P), Rowing (S), Mister Gay World (MGW)
SUN 04/08	MON 05/08	TUE 06/08	WED 07/08
Family Day (C), Mister Gay World gala (C, MGW), Mister Gay World party (P), Cycling (S), Rowing (S)	Badminton (S), Basketball (S), Bowling (S), Fencing (S), Golf (S), Handball (S), Inline skating TimeTrial (S), Petanque (S), Pool (S), Rowing (S), Squash (S), Swimming (S), Soccer (S), Yoga (S, C)	Archery (S), Badminton (S), Basketball (S), Bowling (S), Handball (S), Petanque (S), Pool (S), Squash (S), Swimming (S), Table Tennis (S), Tennis (S), Track & Field (S), Soccer (S), Volleyball (S), Yoga (S, C)	Mask'ara (C), Pool Party (P), Archery (S), Badminton (S), Baksetball (S), Chess (S), Climbing (S), Field Hockey (S), Golf (S), Volleyball (S), Yoga (S, C), Inline Skating tour (S), Pool (S), Same Sex Dancing (S), Squash (S), Swimming (S), Table Tennis (S), Tennis (S), Track & Field (S), Soccer (S)
THU 08/08	FRI 09/08	SAT 10/08	SUN 11/08
Eurovision @ Woga (C), Latin Party (P), Badminton (S), Bowling (S), Bridge (S), Chess (S), Field Hockey (S), Sport Shooting (S), Pool (S), Volleyball (S), Running 5k/10k (S), Same Sex Dancing (S), Squash (S), Table Tennis (S), Tennis (S), Martial Arts (S) Wrestling (S), Water Polo (S), Soccer (S), Yoga (S, C)	Gala Choir (C), Let's Get Physical (P), Badminton (S), Bowling (S), Bridge (S), Field Hockey (S), Golf (S), Sport Shooting (S), Same Sex Dancing (S), Squash (S), Tennis (S), Track & Field (S), Martials Arts (S), Wrestling (S), Soccer (S), Volleyball (S), Yoga (S, C), Water Polo (S)	Closing Ceremony + Wave (C), Closing Party - Super Gays (P), Bridged (S), Field Hockey (S), Tennis (S)	Fare Well Brunch (C), Marathon (S), Halve Marathon (S)

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