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The seventh stallment of the Gay Gam was held Chigo jt two years after Montreal pulled out * gay games 2006 *

Chigo was award the rights to host Gay Gam VII July 2006, a cisn that leav the host cy barely more than two years to anize an event for an expected 12, 000 participants. Put together an extraordary proposal that monstrat signifint muny support, a sound fancial plan, and an ternatnal visn for Gay Gam VII, " Kathleen Webster, Feratn of Gay Gam -print, said a statement. "We look forward to workg closely wh them to make the next Gay Gam an outstandg event for all our participants.

Co-Chairs, said a statement: “We are thrilled to be named host for the 2006 Gay Gam. Wh Chigo’s amazg lakeont, geo skyle, world class sports facili, strong LGBT muny and renowned sports fans, we believe there is no better place than Chigo to wele Gay Gam participants 2006.

CHIGO GETS '06 GAY GAM

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Chigo fac two threats to executg a succsful event: the ncentrated time ame that allows for only 28 months to get ready, and a petg sports event beg held by the Montreal group that was origally award the Gay Gam.

GAY GAM HISTORICAL RESULTS

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Montreal has the anizatnal advantage sce s anizers are the same people who won the Gay Gam VII bid 2001, and they’ve been planng for more than two years.

The anizers are also budgetg for 14, 000 athlet and 2, 000 cultural participants, makg the largt gay sportg event ever. Montreal took a preemptive shot at the Feratn the day before the wng host cy was announced, by accg of “liberately dividg the Amerin [gay] muny agast self.

GAY GAM SE SELECTN

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“Once was clear that Montreal would go ahead wh s gam whout the FGG label, legat had repeatedly asked that the Gay Gam be ferred for one year, ” Montreal anizers said a prs release. “Though the market may be able to support two events of this kd the same year, holdg them so close together will liberately divi the Amerin Gay and Lbian sportg muny.

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It is the Amerin gay and lbian muny that will be placed an tolerable and ethilly difficult suatn, forced to choose between two gam.

“At a time when Amerin gays and lbians are beg subjected to unprecented attacks on their civil rights, the FGG, as an anizatn claimg to have the bt terts of the gay and lbian muny at heart, should have had the cency and foright not to liberately divi the Amerin muny agast self. The Montreal reactn is really over the top, churlish and divisive, and uld prove to be a PR blunr by makg appear that Montreal would like nothg more than the Gay Gam to llapse.

It is also an sult to the Feratn legat by tryg to lk their cisn on the '06 Gam wh ser polil asslts agast gay rights the U. It begs the qutn that if Montreal anizers had the bt terts of the gay sports movement md, why didn’t they move their event? Sce 1982, the Gay Gam have been a summer staple every four years (save for 2002, when they were held November for the Atralian sprg).