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Contents:

• 250 TEAMS ARRIVE FOR NAGAAA GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI DALLAS
• NAGAAA: YOU MT MOVE THE GAY WORLD SERI OUT OF DALLAS IF YOU SUPPORT TRANS RIGHTSNAGAAA: YOU MT MOVE THE GAY WORLD SERI OUT OF DALLAS IF YOU SUPPORT TRANS RIGHTS
• 'VERY LOUD... VERY PROUD': NAPTOWN SLUGGERS WILL REP INDY GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI
• 2022 GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI RCHLED
• GAY WORLD SERI IS HEAD TO DALLAS
• TEXAS RANGERS HELP SPONSOR THIS YEAR’S GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI DALLAS
• GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI: OPENG CEREMONI
• JOCK TALK: DALLAS WS GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI BID
• 2020 GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI HANGS TOUGH DURG CRISIS
• VALLEY TEAM WS NATNAL GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI
• GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI RETURNS TO COLUMB FOR THIRD TIME SCE 2010
• RANGERS STRIVE FOR CLIVY, SPONSOR 2022 NAGAAA GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI
• IMPACT WRTLG PARTNERS WH GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI ANIZERS

250 TEAMS ARRIVE FOR NAGAAA GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI DALLAS

Each year, NAGAAA partners wh a Host Cy to liver the Gay Softball World Seri (GSWS) — the largt annual, LGBT sgle-sport, week-long athletic petn the world. The next NAGAAA Gay Softball World Seri will be held om Augt 28th through September 3rd, 2023 Mneapolis, MN.

Vis the official 2023 NAGAAA Gay Softball World Seri webse. Click here for the gallery of photos om the 2022 Gay Softball World Seri (GSWS), urty of Larry Barthel (Triquetra Productns).

NAGAAA: YOU MT MOVE THE GAY WORLD SERI OUT OF DALLAS IF YOU SUPPORT TRANS RIGHTSNAGAAA: YOU MT MOVE THE GAY WORLD SERI OUT OF DALLAS IF YOU SUPPORT TRANS RIGHTS

The 45th annual NAGAAA Gay Softball World Seri is this week Dallas.

You uld be prosecuted, you uld be harmed and killed for beg gay, lose your job. The Gay Softball World Seri is "the largt annual, LGBT sgle-sport, week-long athletic petn the world.

We disavow all forms of racism, xenophobia, transphobia, homophobia, sexism, Islamophobia, anti-Semism, classism, ableism, and hate speech or actns that attempt to silence, threaten, and gra others. 2023 Gay Softball World Seri Qualifiers.

'VERY LOUD... VERY PROUD': NAPTOWN SLUGGERS WILL REP INDY GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI

Congratulatns to our 2023 Gay Softball World Seri Qualifyg teams! Dallas Hosts 2022 Gay Softball World Seri – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. We, the unrsigned, are wrg you to mand that you immediately move the Gay Softball World Seri out of Dallas followg Governor Abbott’s abhorrent claratn that supportg transgenr youth nstut child abe.

Gay softball has meant a great al to me personally. We need to stick together more broadly support of all members of our muny—lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, asexual, and more—natnally and across the world. The Naptown Sluggers, an LGBTQ, D divisn softball team, will soon reprent Indianapolis the Gay Softball World Seri Dallas.

Mneapolis (May 29, 2020) – The North Amerin Gay Amatr Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA) has announced s cisn to shift the 2020 Gay Softball World Seri (GSWS), origally schled to take place this Augt Columb, to 2021.

2022 GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI RCHLED

The 2023 Gay Softball World Seri will take place late Augt/early September. MEDIA CONTACTSGreg Fed, Executive Director, Tw Ci Gay Softball World Seri Organizg Commtee, 612-239-4216, gregtcgsl@gmail.

Wele to the official volunteer portal for the North Amerin Gay Amatr Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA).

Currently, more than 17, 000 players om 48 ci across Canada and the Uned Stat participate member leagu, and the bt of the teams nverge once a year for head-to-head petn at the annual Gay Softball World Seri (GSWS) 2022 GSWS celebrat NAGAAA’s 45th Anniversary (1977-2022). An expected 250+ teams will pete Dallas’ 2022 GSWS, wh an timated number of players, umpir, and fans reachg over 5, 000 the fourth time NAGAAA’s 45-year history, Dallas, TX will host the Gay Softball World Seri (GSWS) om Augt 29-Sept.

GAY WORLD SERI IS HEAD TO DALLAS

While the primary foc of NAGAAA remas the anized athletic petn of gay softball, NAGAAA and the Dallas Host Commtee are also mted to helpg the lol LGBTQIA+ muny. Dallas GSWS plans to raise thoands of dollars through s annual “Nancy Pribich Chary Night” event held each year durg the Gay Softball World Seri.

Brtney Miller manag the Puget Sound Pronouns softball team Seattle’s Emerald Cy Softball Associatn, and Miller wants the North Amerin Gay Amatr Athletic Alliance to move this summer’s Gay Softball World Seri out of Dallas bee of Gov. Two months ago, Miller posted a petn lled “NAGAAA: You mt move the gay World Seri out of Dallas if you support trans rights.

NAGAAA is the North Amerin Gay Amatr Athletic Alliance that overse softball petn wh more than 17, 000 players 46 ci. Dallas was supposed to host the Gay Softball World Seri last year, but bee COVID-19 nceled the gam Columb 2020, Columb hosted 2021.

TEXAS RANGERS HELP SPONSOR THIS YEAR’S GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI DALLAS

“The Gay Softball World Seri should be moved bee policians like Greg Abbott only rpond to the bottom le, ” Miller said. Dallas also hosted the Gay Softball World Seri 2014. Ryan Holdhen is executive director of Dallas Gay Softball World Seri.

GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI: OPENG CEREMONI

“VisDallas and the Dallas Sports Commissn tly value our partnership wh NAGAAA and are lookg forward to once aga proudly hostg the Gay Softball World Seri Augt 2022, ” a spokperson told Dallas Voice a wrten statement. Contug one of the longt nng tradns LGBTQ sports, the 2022 edn of the Gay Softball World Seri menc Dallas this week wh the Openg Ceremoni on Monday and divisn play begng the next day. Given the history and prtige of the Gay Softball World Seri, ’s easy to see why the Rangers would support .

Larry the Fairy wh DVtv tak a swg at the Gay Softball World Seri openg ceremoni. Thoands of athlet and fans of LGBTQ softball have been DFW all week long for the 45th annual NAGAAA Gay Softball World Seri, wh gam takg place at five different softball plex around the Metroplex (vio below and on Facebook and YouTube).

Dallas beat out San Francis for the rights to host the 2021 Gay Softball World Seri.

JOCK TALK: DALLAS WS GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI BID

The announcement was ma last weekend at the North Amerin Gay Amatr Athletic Alliance World Seri Kansas Cy. Dallas prevly hosted the Gay Softball World Seri 1998, 2004, and 2014. Haltg homophobic hooligans.

We haven't seen any progrs yet the Ameris unr new ternatnal l to cut down on homophobic behavr at soccer match, but a uple of events were halted last week France unr the new guil. On Wednday, Augt 28, refere told players a match between Nice and Marseille to leave the field 22 mut to the game when fans unfurled a homophobic banner.

On Friday, Augt 30, play was briefly halted 20 mut to Paris Sat-Germa's at Metz, aga for homophobic banners and chantg. There is a French LGBT swimmg movie makg the rounds lled "The Shy Shrimps" about an ept and cidly non-ser LGBT water polo team that go to the Gay Gam. In the movie, a star swimmer mak a homophobic remark to a reporter.

2020 GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI HANGS TOUGH DURG CRISIS

Gloss over for a moment as to whether a feratn would "punish" a known homophobe by puttg him charge of an LGBT team or whether a team would accept such a bigot as boss. In s review, the Upg, a Brish webse, says the homophobic swimmer is achg the Shy Shrimps as "they embark on the greatt and ankly impossible task of qualifyg for the Gay Gam.

VALLEY TEAM WS NATNAL GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI

" The review on of the movie, which is showg the Hong Kong Lbian and Gay Film Ftival, says the film is "the upliftg tale of a gay water polo team vyg for qualifitn of the upg Gay Gam. Darlg, there are no qualifiers for the Gay Gam.

The movie als wh the bonds that are created a team atmosphere, the importance of those bonds for athlet smacked around by homophobia and transphobia their daily liv, and the power sports participatn and petn have to lift all to the bt we have to offer. Columb, Oh is set to host the 2020 Gay Softball World Seri (GSWS) om Augt 24-29.

GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI RETURNS TO COLUMB FOR THIRD TIME SCE 2010

Long known as one of the most gay-iendly ci the untry, Palm Sprgs n now add one more bullet pot to s résumé — the home to gay softball natnal Rounrs 2. 0 team traveled to Dallas late last month to play the North Amerin Gay Amatr Athletic Alliance for the send year a row, and after a last-place fish 2013, they won the whole thg the divisn wh the hight level of petn.

The 45-year-old veterarian says that beyond the ual reasons for playg on a softball team, like iendship and petn, ’s the acceptance wh the gay muny that really mak this particular league unique. I thk a lot of growg up — at least my generatn — there were a lot of thkg that we’re the only gay athlet the world, ” Hermann gay league offers four skill levels — A through D, wh A beg the hight — which allows for players of all levels to fd a niche where they n f, no matter what their athletic or social background.

“And the gay leagu offer a place where anybody of any level n e and they n feel safe to be who they are and not ma fun of and jt be able to play the sport that some of them always wanted to but never had the chance to a safe and supportive environment. “We don’t do well when we get really tense, ” said Nate Fletcher, who has played on the gay softball team om Philalphia sce 2016.

RANGERS STRIVE FOR CLIVY, SPONSOR 2022 NAGAAA GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI

That basilly sums up the Gay Softball World Seri. The North Amerin Gay Amatr Athletic Alliance aniz seri Columb is playg host to the large annual event for the third time sce 2010 this week wh more than 230 teams the North Amerin Gay Amatr Athletic Alliance – the erng body for gay softball – g om 47 different event, which brgs thoands of players and spectators, is expected to brg $11 ln to the cy, acrdg to timat om the Greater Columb Sports played four round-rob gam earlier the week and were slated to start a double-elimatn tournament Thursday to crown champns seven different divisns by Saturday. “As gay dividuals, when we e out, we’re not always accepted every space, " Riddle said.

Many softball gam across the untry were nceled durg that time, cludg last year's Gay Softball World Seri, which was supposed to be Columb. Lou Berler Park's 31 fields has ma Columb a favore for the Gay Softball World Seri But the natnal associatn didn’t want to skip over the Oh cy, even wh host s chosen a few years advance.

” Speers, his hband, participatg his 30th Gay Softball World Seri, has played baseball and softball all his life, but he said he didn’t fd te belongg until he joed this league. It told me ’s OK to be a gay athlete. The annual T-shirt swap is a staple of the Gay Softball World Seri.

IMPACT WRTLG PARTNERS WH GAY SOFTBALL WORLD SERI ANIZERS

”LGBT bs owners and event anizers have had to balance the importance of people g together wh the risk of viral owners of Dallas’ Statn 4 postponed a circu party at the gay dance club early Augt, cg the spread of monkeypox and the lack of vacce accs, the Dallas Voice reported. Celebratory parti at the Gay Softball World Seri ntued last week, but participants were enuraged to dance wh their shirts on and to be mdful of potential exposure to the vis, Holdhen said. ”There’s also the addnal strs created by creasg polil attentn given to LGBT issu like genr-affirmg health re for transgenr adolcents and gay marriage.

Southern Dence, a New Orleans ftival ed as “Gay Mardi Gras, ” weled hundreds of thoands of people over Labor Day Weekend.