Some of you may wonder why this short movie was created, and by whom. Both questions are easy and hard to answer at the same time, for different reasons.
Why it was made, because it is needed. The society need to be challenged when it comes to homophobia and discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation. "Research confirms 48% of the EU´s population (Eurobarometer 263 “Discrimination in the European Union”) believes that homosexuality is still a taboo and as stated in the Norwegian NOC´s Sport Policy Document 2007-2011 homophobia is an extremely difficult topic to tackle: “lesbians, gays and bisexuals are – differing from many other minorities – an invisible group. And that is therefore an extra challenge to contribute to dissemination of knowledge and information in order for this group to be fully accepted within sports.”" (copied from ENGSO Youth). These facts confirms that the topic needs to be addressed.
Whom it was made by; easy answer, young European citizens from different countries, engaged in youthwork and sport. The hard answer is not hard because it's difficult to answer, but because some of those people might meet big difficulties for supporting the cause of challenging homophobia in sports, in their own countries. Therefore we cannot give their full names out, but we would very much like to thank them for the great job they did, shooting, editing and promoting the video and the campaign.
Why it was made, because it is needed. The society need to be challenged when it comes to homophobia and discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation. "Research confirms 48% of the EU´s population (Eurobarometer 263 “Discrimination in the European Union”) believes that homosexuality is still a taboo and as stated in the Norwegian NOC´s Sport Policy Document 2007-2011 homophobia is an extremely difficult topic to tackle: “lesbians, gays and bisexuals are – differing from many other minorities – an invisible group. And that is therefore an extra challenge to contribute to dissemination of knowledge and information in order for this group to be fully accepted within sports.”" (copied from ENGSO Youth). These facts confirms that the topic needs to be addressed.
Whom it was made by; easy answer, young European citizens from different countries, engaged in youthwork and sport. The hard answer is not hard because it's difficult to answer, but because some of those people might meet big difficulties for supporting the cause of challenging homophobia in sports, in their own countries. Therefore we cannot give their full names out, but we would very much like to thank them for the great job they did, shooting, editing and promoting the video and the campaign.
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