Outgog Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR) chairman Ben Owen talks to World Rugby about the anisatn’s work, the challeng fac, and his own experienc wh the game.
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WORLD RUGBY SIGNS HISTORIC AGREEMENT WH INTERNATNAL GAY RUGBY
Reprentativ om World Rugby have aga met lears of Internatnal Gay Rugby to progrs strategi to keep homophobia and tolerance out of the game. * international gay rugby *
Internatnal Gay Rugby is a Charable Inrporated Organisatn, registered England and Wal wh our registered office at 71 Holland Road, Wt Ham, London, E15 3BP, England, Uned Kgdom (Chary Number – 1154241) provi our member clubs wh velopment support and rourc the areas of club anisatn, recment, retentn, fundraisg, event management, and, regnal and natnal unn relatns. Shortly after a handful of gby unn clubs for gay and bisexual men om the UK and USA had found the Internatnal Gay Rugby Associatn and Board (IGRAB) October 2000, The Washgton Renegas held an rmal, ternatnal, vatnal tournament at their home DC May 2001.
As a gay man and regular gby player, Mark not only played for San Francis Fog but also helped to set up Gotham Knights New York Cy and was well known throughout the fledglg IGR was credibly shockg that jt three month’s followg the vatnal, Mark would loose his life the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks, onboard flight Uned October 2001, followg the 2001 vatnal, the San Francis Fog succsfully lobbied IGRAB for the right to put on a XVs gby tournament San Francis June tournament was fashned the style of the Rugby World Cup, wh both the tournament and cup prize named honor of Mark followg a unanimo cisn by all the members of IGRAB. The Memorandum of Unrstandg outl a mment between the two anisatns to work together to te and elimate homophobia gby. World Rugby and Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR) have signed an historic agreement to llaborate on the ntued promotn of equaly and clivy gby.