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.
Contents:
- WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
- IN PICTUR: PARIS HOSTS 10TH GAY GAM AIMED AT PROMOTG LGBT RIGHTS
- DONATN GOAL FOR GAY GAM 11
- GAY GAM X RESULTS
- PARIS TO HOST 2018 GAY GAM
- 10 THGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE GAY GAM, HEADG TO HONG KONG 2022
- GAY ATHLET ARE MAKG HISTORY AT THE 2018 WTER OLYMPICS
WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
PARIS 2018 | Paris ville hôte s 10ème Gay Gam en 2018 * gay olympics paris 2018 *
Sce 1982, the Gay Gam have brought together people om all walks of life, whout discrimatn, around the valu of diversy, rpect, equaly, solidary, and sharg. Wh sport beg a medium for togetherns and cln, the Gay Gam are OPEN TO ALL and offer everyone the opportuny to participate their own way.
As athlet, artists, supporters, spectators, donors, volunteers, nference participants, sponsors, or simply anyone terted this project, everyone has a role to play at the Gay Gam and help make thgs happen.
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.
IN PICTUR: PARIS HOSTS 10TH GAY GAM AIMED AT PROMOTG LGBT RIGHTS
* gay olympics paris 2018 *
“The formula for succs was visibily and inty, ” Wadll said an terview followg the first Gay Gam 1982. 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.
DONATN GOAL FOR GAY GAM 11
Paris is hostg the 10th Gay Gam, a sport ntt molled after the Olympics aimed at promotg the rights of the LGBT muny. * gay olympics paris 2018 *
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.
GAY GAM X RESULTS
Eric Radford has ma history as the Gam’ first openly gay gold medalist, while other stars have l up social media * gay olympics paris 2018 *
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. 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 first Gay Gam were held San Francis 1982, where transmissn of HIV had peaked among the cy’s btlg gay muny.
PARIS TO HOST 2018 GAY GAM
Paris won the right to host the 2018 Gay Gam on Monday, seeg off rivals London and the Irish cy of Limerick for the honour of hostg what started out 1982 as the Gay Olympics. * gay olympics paris 2018 *
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.
10 THGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE GAY GAM, HEADG TO HONG KONG 2022
HIV/AIDS awarens has been baked to the Gay Gam sce s ceptn: In addn to banng discrimatn based on genr, sexualy, race and other tras, the Gay Gam wouldn’t allow any participant to be turned away based on their HIV stat.
The Gay Gam also succsfully lobbied the US ernment to briefly waive a prev ban on HIV-posive people enterg the untry so they uld pete the 1994 Gay Gam New York and the 1996 Olympics Atlanta, chang ma wh the help of the US Olympic Commtee. Anyone n participate the Gay Gam – really, jt about anyone.
GAY ATHLET ARE MAKG HISTORY AT THE 2018 WTER OLYMPICS
Though Wadll emphasized that sports weren’t the central foc of the Gay Gam, the event has hosted athlet wh real prows. Swimmer Jim Ballard set a world rerd the 100-meter backstroke 2002 at the Sydney Gay Gam.