Jt before the 10th Gay Gam e to Paris this Augt, we cid to look back at the history of the Gay Gam and brg you up to speed on ’s long and proud sportg history.
Contents:
- WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
- HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM
- HOW SOCHI BEME THE GAY OLYMPICS
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 olympics countries *
His gay and lbian iends San Francis, though, had never experienced an event as thrillg or movg as the openg ceremony.
HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM
More than 160 openly lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer athlet are due to participate the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, makg this year's Gam the most clive ever. * gay olympics countries *
And so Wadll created the Gay Gam – then lled the Gay Olympics, until the Internatnal Olympic Commtee sued over the name. 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. 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.
HOW SOCHI BEME THE GAY OLYMPICS
Above all, though, the Gay Gam are an event for queer and trans people to gather safely, play sports they love and be themselv whout fear of tolerance. The Gay Gam uld be an act of prott then, too, Wadll cid, an event durg which LGBTQ people uld play the same sports they watched durg the Olympics and achieve the same kd of glory he had at the 1968 Olympics.