OutSport Toronto Attends Nike #BETRUE LGBT Sport Summit
Posted Sun, 14 Jul 2013, 3:00pm
OUTSPORT TORONTO was honoured to be invited to attend the second Nike LGBT Sport Summit in Portland Oregon in June of 2013. Asked to participate because of its recognised accomplishments as a city-based organisation, OUTSPORT TORONTO sent its Chair, Shawn Sheridan, to attend the summit.
"We were delighted to be invited," said Sheridan. "This was an excellent opportunity to connect with the broader LGBT sport and rec community in North America, showcase a bit of what OUTSPORT TORONTO and our member organisations have accomplished in Toronto that makes LGBT sport and rec here so vibrant, and help to contribute the the greater cause of all those gathered, which is to end anti-LGBT bias in sports by 2016. OUTSPORT TORONTO made some great new connections, and renewed some good friendships." Sheridan was one of roughly a hundred participants at the summit. Read more...