'Hard cisns' for Gay Gam 2023 anisers as registratn opens for Hong Kong and Guadalajara - Sports Media LGBT+

Contents:

• DONATN GOAL FOR GAY GAM 11
• PARIS 2018 - GAY GAM 10 ATHLETE REGISTRATNS AHEAD OF SCHLE
• ‘HARD CISNS’ FOR GAY GAM 2023 ANISERS AS REGISTRATN OPENS FOR HONG KONG AND GUADALAJARA
• REGISTERG FOR THE 2022 GAY GAM PARIS
• WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
• GAY GAM REGISTRATN AT HISTORIC-LOW LEVELS, STG DOUBT ON EVENT’S FUTURE

DONATN GOAL FOR GAY GAM 11

Thanks to some robt fundraisg and a genero scholarship program, hundreds om highly unrserved untri and muni have been brought to the Gay Gam to wns “participatn, cln, and personal bt™” first-hand and see the llective power of those valu. As the world’s largt sports and cultural event open to all, the Gay Gam have created and nurtured a movement that has bee among the greatt forc for muny empowerment and social change.

Sce 1998, Gay Gam Scholarships have been award to nearly 800 unrfund dividuals om 70 untri, providg a life-changg week of acceptance and enuragement that the recipients would never have experienced otherwise.

Wh the participatn of the Foundatn Incln Paris 2018, unr the aegis of FACE and njunctn wh the Feratn of Gay Gam (100, 000$), PARIS 2018 GAY GAMES 10 tends to ntue and to tensify this solidary program. Thanks to some robt fundraisg and a genero scholarship program, hundreds om highly unrserved untri and muni have been brought to the Gay Gam to wns “Participatn, Incln, and Personal Bt ™” first-hand and see the llective power of those valu.

PARIS 2018 - GAY GAM 10 ATHLETE REGISTRATNS AHEAD OF SCHLE

The Gay Gam have already registered over a thoand more athlet than the Outgam ever had, and the Paris event is still over 10 months away. The numbers certaly give a strong ditn for a potentially very succsful Gay Gam 2018, which uld be the most well-attend quadrennial LGBT sports event a . Event anizers have some fantastic venu already secured, cludg the brand new stadium Jean Bou for the openg ceremony, the Grand Palais for the openg party, and the Gay Gam Village will be loted at Cy Hall Plaza.

The Gay Gam have also secured powerful cy, regnal and natnal ernmental support, which they say will guarantee the event tak place wh all of s pageantry and glory. Lra Flsel-Colovic, a fencer and the most rated French female Olympian of all time, is the French Mister of Sport and one of the patrons of the Gay Gam.

‘HARD CISNS’ FOR GAY GAM 2023 ANISERS AS REGISTRATN OPENS FOR HONG KONG AND GUADALAJARA

The entire PARIS 2018 team has prepared to wele over 10, 000 participants om all over the world for the 10th edn of the Gay Gam. Participants enuraged to sign up now for Gay Gam XI, which will be -hosted Lat Ameri and Asia November next year; only five sports – athletics, swimmg, football, tennis and badmton – are set to feature both ci, leavg some athlet wh tough choic; Hong Kong says is expectg 7, 000 athlet and artists, and 25, 000 spectators.

REGISTERG FOR THE 2022 GAY GAM PARIS

Registratn has opened for Gay Gam XI which will be -hosted next year by Hong Kong and Guadalajara – the first edn of the LGBTQ+-clive multisports event to be held eher Lat Ameri or Asia. “We’ve had to make some hard cisns, ” wrote the Feratn of Gay Gam‘ (FGG) Vice Print of External Relatns, Adrian Hyyrylaen-Trett, a media release, addg a msage to potential participants: “You may fd that the sport you wanted to pete has moved lotn. The other sports on offer to athlet the Asian cy are fencg, field hockey, martial arts, rowg, gby sevens, sailg (dghy), squash, and table tennis, pl four new Gay Gam sports – dodgeball, dragonboat racg, mahjong, and trail nng.

“The Gay Gam reprent our hight ials of creatg a society where diversy is celebrated, where every person has the eedom to live up to their fullt potential, where everyone is equal sport regardls of their genr inty and sexual orientatn, ” said FGG -print Joanie Evans. Lisa Lam, -chair of Gay Gam Hong Kong 2023, add: “Wh the aboln of the quarante enterg Hong Kong, we are tellg the world that Hong Kong is ready to rise to the challenge of hostg this ternatnal, multi-sport, arts & culture event.

WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE

Gay Gam Hong Kong 2023 is also offerg fundg support, cludg 1, 000 fee waivers for young people below the age of 25, as well as help for migrant workers, domtic helpers and mori, on a first-e-first-served basis fund by private donors.

Meanwhile, a msage to those athlet who will travel to Mexi, Moni Sanchez om Gay Gam Guadalajara said: “After challengg tim that have marked and refed , is time to meet aga, to hug each other and wh pri celebrate our eedom. For more rmatn on how to register, see the official Feratn of Gay Gam webse and follow the lks for Hong Kong and Guadalajara. The 2022 Gay Gam Paris are set to take place om Augt 4th-12th and are expected to be the largt LGBTQ+ sports and cultural event the world.

GAY GAM REGISTRATN AT HISTORIC-LOW LEVELS, STG DOUBT ON EVENT’S FUTURE

In addn to sports, the Gay Gam will also offer a range of cultural events, cludg ncerts, exhibns, and nferenc, all aimed at promotg LGBTQ+ cln and acceptance. Beyond the petns and cultural events, the Gay Gam will also provi a platform for LGBTQ+ rights advocy and activism, further highlightg the signifince of this event on a global sle.

The first Gay Gam was held San Francis 1982, and was anized by Tom Wadll, a gay thlete, who sought to create a safe space for LGBTQ+ athlet to pete and exprs their inti.