Where Communy Meets Indtry Jo Disrd GGP is a leadg anizatn of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr game dtry profsnals and enthiasts om around the world. Where Communy Meets IndtrySce 2006, our missn has been simple: to promote, cultivate, and une the profsnal LGBTQ+ muny wh rults-based ntent and programs foced on 4 key areas:
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- WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
- GAY SIMULATOR
- DONATN GOAL FOR GAY GAM 11
WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
Tom Wadll, an athlete the 1968 Olympics, created the Gay Gam first held 1982 to celebrate LGBTQ cln. The Gay Gam are still held to this day wh the next round schled for 2022 Hong Kong. * gay gamers *
But the bt queer vio gam offer round characters who romance, live, fight, and vtigate while also beg lbian, trans, gay, or actively bisexual bee they were wrten that way. From the plited romanc of Dragon Age: Inquisn to the more playful and simple relatnships and inti of Steven Universe: Save The Light and gay and lbian-themed gam like Dream Daddy and Gone Home, the world of LGBTQ+ gam is nstantly expandg.
GAY SIMULATOR
Eric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals. He has major league aspiratns, but his path has been much lonelier than he would prefer. * gay gamers *
Photo: Night In The Woods / Last Chance Media, DBA, FjiPhoto: Dragon Age: Inquisn / BWareThe range of NPCs that are romanceable is vast and offers bisexual, gay, and lbian optns. There are also LGBTQ+ NPC characters, cludg Wa and Herren, a gay uple who n an armor shop, and female dwarf Branka, the ex-wife of party-character Oghren, a relatnship wh another female dwarf Hph. His gay and lbian iends San Francis, though, had never experienced an event as thrillg or movg as the openg ceremony.
And so Wadll created the Gay Gam – then lled the Gay Olympics, until the Internatnal Olympic Commtee sued over the name.
“The formula for succs was visibily and inty, ” Wadll said an terview followg the first Gay Gam 1982.
DONATN GOAL FOR GAY GAM 11
Gays and cur heteros alike will love Gay Simulator: a betiful 3D game that'll get you hooked no time. * gay gamers *
That’s what the first Gay Gam were all about. Wadll died 1987, but the Gay Gam ntue to this day, growg to an ternatnal phenomenon sce their first eratn.
They draw over 10, 000 athlet and sometim seven or eight tim as many spectators, said Shiv Pl, vice print of external relatns for the Feratn of Gay Gam. You don’t have to be a profsnal athlete – even a proficient one – to pete the Gay Gam.
You don’t even have to be gay.
a world where everyone is gay, an ele gay soldier hunts down any remag straights * gay gamers *
And unlike at the Olympics, activism is enuraged at the Gay Gam, as has been sce the begng when the HIV/AIDS crisis was ravagg LGBTQ muni.