EGLSF was founded in 1989.

Its aims are to:

- fight against discrimination in sport on grounds of sexual preference

- stimulate integration in sport and emancipation of lesbians and gays

- enable and support the coming out of gay and lesbian sports men and women

- exchange information and enable co-ordination between European sport groups and tournaments

- support the founding of new gay / lesbian / bisexual / transgendered and mixed sport groups.