The result of three years of cross-continental and inter-cultural work, the World Out Games opened this week in Copenhagen, integrating sports, culture and human rights, and as GLISA's Julia Appelgate explained: "building a world community of out activists, athletes and cultural workers."

The Games launched with more than 5,500 athletes, cultural producers and activists taking part in one of the largest street parties the city has seen and, as Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Ritt Bjerregaard described in her welcome: "making Copenhagen Queer."