Celebrating LGBTQ+ Inclusion and Diversity in Sport: Pride House Paris 2024

One of the core principles of the Olympic Movement is the idea that sport can overcome differences and foster harmony among people from diverse backgrounds. This is expressed in both the Olympic Charter and Olympic Agenda 2020+5, which state that gender equality, inclusion and diversity are essential parts of the IOC’s vision of building a peaceful and better world through sport.
 
Pride at Paris 2024 The next Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 will further emphasize the importance of inclusion within the Olympic Movement, with “Games wide open”, the Paris 2024 slogan, showing the organizers’ dedication to the fight against discrimination. On 17 May, the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Paris 2024 announced the creation of the Pride House: a special space at the Games to celebrate LGBTQ+ athletes, entourage members, fans and allies.
 
The Pride House will be at the center of the Games, located at Parc de la Villette – near competitions venues such as La Chapelle Arena, Stade de France and La Concorde. Led by the Fier-Play association – a French not-for-profit initiative dedicated to fair play, equality and respect – in partnership with Paris 2024, the Pride House will offer a program of celebratory, cultural and educational activities focused on inclusive sport.
 
Its objectives are:
 

 
“At Paris 2024, we are convinced that sport changes lives, and that it is also a formidable tool for changing mentalities and contributing to the fight against discrimination,” said Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet on announcing the creation of the Pride House.

“As organizers of the world's biggest sporting event, we have a responsibility, and we also want to take advantage of the visibility of the Games to advance this essential fight.”
 
The Pride House is one of the many actions taken by Paris 2024 and its partners in the fight against discrimination, which include the signing of the LBGT+ Commitment Charter by Paris 2024 as an employer, and the work of the Paris 2024 Endowment Fund, which each year supports a number of projects using sport as a tool for inclusion.
 
Pride House Tokyo’s lasting legacy The Paris 2024 Pride House follows a strong tradition that started with the first Pride House at the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010, and will build on the success of the Tokyo 2020 equivalent, which has provided a powerful Games legacy of inclusion and diversity after being turned into Japan’s first permanent LGBTQ+ support center.
 
Since these Games, which included the largest number of openly LGBTQ+ athletes ever to compete at an edition of the Games, Pride House Tokyo has run a number of projects and programs, including a counselling service for LGBTQ+ young people and educational seminars for sports bodies; and in June 2022 it signed an agreement with the Japanese Olympic Committee to promote inclusiveness in sport across Japan.