The first Gay Gam took place San Francis Aug. 28-Sept. 5, 1982, and the 11th edn is set for Hong Kong 2022.
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
- #BORNTHISDAY: GAY GAM FOUNR, DR. TOM WADLL
- A LOOK BACK AT LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: THE GAY GAM
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 games founder *
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.
HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM
“The formula for succs was visibily and inty, ” Wadll said an terview followg the first Gay Gam 1982.
#BORNTHISDAY: GAY GAM FOUNR, DR. TOM WADLL
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.
A LOOK BACK AT LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: THE GAY GAM
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.