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Contents:

• TORONTO LBIAN AND GAY TENNIS ASSOCIATN
• FOR LGBTQ ATHLET, THE GAY GAM ARE AS CCIAL NOW AS WHEN THEY WERE FOUND
• MULTIPLE NBA NTENRS REPORTEDLY TERTED RUDY GAY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• GAY TORONTO
• PRO TENNIS PLAYER WEARS RABOW ACCSORI AFTER YELLG ANTI-GAY SLUR DURG THE OLYMPICS
• BEYOND 'GAY TENNIS': ON ORLANDO AND THE GLTA
• GAY TENNIS PLAYERS OM ACROSS THE GLOBE FACE OFF TORONTO

TORONTO LBIAN AND GAY TENNIS ASSOCIATN

We are the Toronto Lbian and Gay Tennis Associatn (TLGTA). We are members of the Gay and Lbian Tennis Alliance (GLTA) – an anizatn that has chapters and tournaments all over the TLGTA wel all tennis players regardls of their experience or skill level. Rabow Ballroom Toronto is an LGBTT (Lbian / Gay / Bisexual / Transgenred / Transexual) and straight-iendly group mted to teachg all typ of ballroom dancg.

The Toronto Historil Bowlg Society (THBS) was formed 1983 by a small group of lol gay people lookg to have fun and socialize. The Toronto Gay Hockey Associatn (TGHA) is a non-ntact, social, ice hockey league for gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr (GLBT), and heterosexual men and women over the age of eighteen. The Toronto Rabow Reef Rangers is a non-prof Ontar-based divg club that promot recreatnal scuba divg the gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenred and transsexual (GLBTT) muny.

FOR LGBTQ ATHLET, THE GAY GAM ARE AS CCIAL NOW AS WHEN THEY WERE FOUND

OUTSLOPES Toronto (formerly Toronto Gay Ski and Snowboardg Club) is now celebratg s 18th year wh a full schle of lol day trips, extend out of provce trips, parti and get-togethers. Downtown Soccer Toronto is Toronto's first official gay & lbian summer -ed recreatnal soccer league, aimed at providg an athletic and socially safe atmosphere for everyone to enjoy playg soccer. We primarily serve Toronto's lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenred muny.

Toronto's first and only Gay and Lbian Badmton League, promotg an active and healthy liftyle an open, social, and rpectful environment. The Rotators Curlg League is the olst gay and lbian curlg league\ the untry.

MULTIPLE NBA NTENRS REPORTEDLY TERTED RUDY GAY

Toronto Gaymers is Toronto's origal LGBTQ+ social group for geeks and gamers of all strip. We began 2002 to fulfill the need of gay golfers who wanted to fd others of siar terts to meet socially and participate the game of golf. The Women's Hockey Club of Toronto (WHCT) is an adult recreatnal non-body-checkg ice hockey league open to women who are gay and/or gay-posive.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

Gay men's soccer team that\ participat leagu and tournaments both lolly and \ ternatnally.

Found 1975, the Cabbagetown Group Softball League's (CGSL) missn is to provi an opportuny for gay, lbian and straight persons and their supporters who wish to play softball an atmosphere ee om discrimatn as to skill, genr, race, relign or sexual orientatn. The TSVL is a volunteer-n not-for-prof adult volleyball league terg maly to the lbian, gay, bi-sexual, transfolk and LGBT-iendly muny Toronto, Canada. Open this photo gallery:Sean Fzgerald, -print of the Feratn of Gay Gam, wav a Progrs Pri flag as he stands on Send Beach along the Stanley Park seawall, Vanuver on June 5.

GAY TORONTO

Fzgerald pet water polo and swimmg at the Gay Isomura/The Globe and MailCathere Mea learned about the Gay Gam when she saw a small ad for the event a newsletter at a women’s bookstore Edmonton, vg registratns to the 1990 edn Vanuver, the first hosted outsi the U.

PRO TENNIS PLAYER WEARS RABOW ACCSORI AFTER YELLG ANTI-GAY SLUR DURG THE OLYMPICS

HandoutThe Gay Gam were nceived more than 40 years ago by Tom Wadll, an Amerin physician and Olympic thlete, to empower LGBTQ athlet and artists through sport, culture and fellowship. Durg the event, 1, 350 athlet om 12 untri participated 17 year, the Gay Gam – held every four years – are back for the first time sce before the panmic.

From the 2022 World Cup, where the illegaly of homosexualy Qatar ma headl, to profsnal athlet clg to wear Pri jerseys, sport today n still feel unwelg for many LGBTQ people.

BEYOND 'GAY TENNIS': ON ORLANDO AND THE GLTA

) The Gay Gam wel anyone over 18, no matter their genr, athletic abily or sexual orientatn. Sports have different tegori for the var registrants, to strive for fair the 2018 Gay Gam Paris, 288 Canadians participated, among more than 10, 000 who took part om 91 untri 36 sports and 14 cultural events. “A world I didn’t know existed”Sean Fzgerald barely sat his seat on the flight home om New York after participatg his first Gay Gam 1994.

Fzgerald had grown up “the ltle gay kid, ” as he puts , spe not even beg out. He plays wh several clive associatns, cludg on for curlg, volleyball, softball and this photo gallery:Sean Fzgerald ss outsi Send Beach Pool Vanuver as he holds a ball ed for water Isomura/The Globe and MailHe’s also -print for the Feratn of Gay Gam (FGG), one of three lears om Canada on the volunteer board. “I e the Gay Gam and other sportg events as an exce to go somewhere I’ve never been before, ” said Sho, who has five medals om his prev two appearanc – 2018 Paris and 2014 Cleveland.

He joed a gay-iendly volleyball program lled the Goln Boys, a play on the gold statue atop the Manoba Legislative every move sce, one of his first tasks has been to jo gay-iendly sport groups – everythg om racquet sports to dodgeball and this photo gallery:Vong Sho, who has five medals om his prev two appearanc at the Gay Gam, at the Mayfair Club Toronto on June 6.

GAY TENNIS PLAYERS OM ACROSS THE GLOBE FACE OFF TORONTO

So the first time I really felt like, ‘Oh, now I feel like I belong, ’ was playg gay sports. ”He ma the podium all three of his sports at the 2014 Gay Gam – earng medals badmton, tennis and volleyball – somethg he was told no one had ever done.

He’s a edian and specializ “sharg the gaysian perspective on culture, sports and trendg topics. ”“It n be a tippg pot”Carlos Delgado is set to attend his first Gay Gam.