Italy & Greece: LGBTQ+ in sports

Nowadays, the debate around Trans athletes is dividing the public opinion because many don’t accept that trans women compete with women, for strength and resistance reasons that would make a competition unbalanced. However, some sports teams have been recently created both in Greece and in Italy.
Peacox Basket Milan is the first Italian rainbow basketball team and totally inclusive.
Athenian Centaurs RFC is the first queer and inclusive rugby team in Greece.

For Sphera Network, VD and Popaganda explored the way these sports teams work and how they have been created.

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