Europe’s soccer championships are underway and LGBTI politics in sport and in Europe are front and center. (In Europe, intersex people are often included in the acronym.) In last week’s nail-biter match between Germany and Hungary, the game itself was overshadowed by an intense debate on LGBTI rights in Germany, Hungary and Europe.

Last week, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) investigated German national team captain Manuel Neuer for wearing a rainbow-colored armband, which it had claimed was “too political”. The organization approved the armband eventually. But before the Germany-Hungary match, host city Munich planned to illuminate its Allianz Arena in rainbow-colored lights to protest a Hungarian law.…  Seguir leyendo »