New York Cy Gay Hockey Associatn

Contents:

• WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
• THE ULTIMATE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO NEW YORK CY: OM QUEER HISTORY TO THE BT GAY BARS
• HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
• GAY GAM IV RESULTS
• GAY GAM
• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY
• NEW YORK CY TO HOLD GAY GAM 1994
• MARATHON AND CEREMONY BRG GAY GAM TO CLOSE
• GAY GAM HISTORICAL RESULTS
• GAY SPORTS LEAGU NYC: ATHLETIC CLUBS FOR EVERY GAY JOCK
• 10 THGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE GAY GAM, HEADG TO HONG KONG 2022
• GAY PARTI & EVENTS

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

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.

Wadll died 1987, but the Gay Gam ntue to this day, growg to an ternatnal phenomenon sce their first eratn. 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.

THE ULTIMATE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO NEW YORK CY: OM QUEER HISTORY TO THE BT GAY BARS

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.

HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM

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. 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.

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.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

Though Wadll emphasized that sports weren’t the central foc of the Gay Gam, the event has hosted athlet wh real prows.

Powerlifter Chris Man began his reer at the Gay Gam and went on to w another 30 medals at var world champnships. And unlike the “regular Olympics, ” at the Gay Gam, a same-sex figurg skatg pair n don matchg nim jumpsus a performance set to “Hopelsly Devoted to You.

GAY GAM IV RESULTS

Wadll died of AIDS 1987, one year after the send Gay Gam, but the Gam and his dream for their impact have only grown sce.

GAY GAM

Participatn the Gay Gam steadily grew every year was held, and 1994, at the New York Gay Gam, the number of participants exceed the number of athlet at the 1994 Wter Olympics.

The openg ceremony of the Gay Gam is still emotnal all the years later, Pl said, pecially when participants om untri where homosexualy is not accepted march the Para of Natns.

THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY

TopletetopleteFiltersDateCategoryFormatPriceLanguageCurrencyPromotedDream Queen: Drag Bnch - Brooklyn / NYCSun, Aug 27 • 1:00 PM Crystal Lake BrooklynPromotedDream Queen: Drag Bnch - Brooklyn / NYCSun, Aug 27 • 1:00 PM Crystal Lake BrooklynPromotedA Brooklyn Block Party (September 9th)Sat, Sep 9 • 2:00 PM 55 MacDougal StPromotedA Brooklyn Block Party (September 9th)Sat, Sep 9 • 2:00 PM 55 MacDougal StGay the GarnSunday • 1:00 PM + 4 moreThe Greenhoe and Edutn Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State ParkGay the GarnSunday • 1:00 PM + 4 moreThe Greenhoe and Edutn Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State ParkQueer Play: LGBTQ Happy Hour & Game NightFri, Aug 18 • 5:30 PM Slate NYQueer Play: LGBTQ Happy Hour & Game NightFri, Aug 18 • 5:30 PM Slate NYFREE QUEER BALLROOM tro class for 6-week seriWed, Sep 20 • 7:00 PM Queer Ballroom at Ripley Grier StudsFREE QUEER BALLROOM tro class for 6-week seriWed, Sep 20 • 7:00 PM Queer Ballroom at Ripley Grier StudsIs This Gay? Tomorrow • 2:00 PMInwood NY - Long IslandA Gay Show For All PeopleThu, Aug 17 • 8:00 PM The Bell HoeA Gay Show For All PeopleThu, Aug 17 • 8:00 PM The Bell HoeNew York Cy Gay Men Speed Datg | Sgl Event | Seen on VH1Thu, Aug 17 • 7:00 PM Pando 39New York Cy Gay Men Speed Datg | Sgl Event | Seen on VH1Thu, Aug 17 • 7:00 PM Pando 39R&B Game NightTuday • 7:00 PM + 20 moreHotel RL BrooklynR&B Game NightTuday • 7:00 PM + 20 moreHotel RL BrooklynCONCEPTS GAME NIGHTFri, Aug 18 • 5:00 PM Concepts Event StudCONCEPTS GAME NIGHTFri, Aug 18 • 5:00 PM Concepts Event StudHot Rabb & Proud Mary Prent •• BUSHWICK POOL PARTY!

••Tomorrow • 3:00 PM3 Dollar BillFreddy and Friends Prents: Culture Clash Fridays (Sponsored by Casamigos)Fri, Aug 11 • 10:00 PM Rebel Cafe and GarnFreddy and Friends Prents: Culture Clash Fridays (Sponsored by Casamigos)Fri, Aug 11 • 10:00 PM Rebel Cafe and GarnNew York Cy Gay Men Speed Datg | NYC Sgl Night | Seen on VH1Thu, Aug 31 • 7:00 PM Pando 39New York Cy Gay Men Speed Datg | NYC Sgl Night | Seen on VH1Thu, Aug 31 • 7:00 PM Pando 39Garn GamSun, Aug 20 • 2:00 PM Solid Der and HallGarn GamSun, Aug 20 • 2:00 PM Solid Der and HallTrendg search New York, NYEvents New York, NYThgs to do around New YorkThgs to do PhilalphiaThgs to do HartfordThgs to do Jersey CyThgs to do AlbanyThgs to do NewarkThgs to do MorristownThgs to do New HavenThgs to do AllentownThgs to do SprgfieldThgs to do LansterThgs to do ScrantonThgs to do New London. Hell’s Kchen and Chelsea offer the most “tradnal” gay bars and clubs, where visors n check out venu wh hunky shirtls bartenrs, a mostly-gay-male clientele, and thumpg hs gog late to the night. It’s a fun and totally ridiculo experience that’s like a gay Coyote Ugly llid wh a down-home honky-tonk, but the fact that Flamg Saddl don’t take self serly is exactly why ’s such a fun bar to go to, offerg an unpretent experience that’s pecially good for anyone visg a gay bar for the first time.

NEW YORK CY TO HOLD GAY GAM 1994

One of my favore thgs about Duplex is that don't feel the need to nform to any prenceived notn of what a gay bar is. Other mils wh queer them clu Come From Away, which clus the te story of Kev Tuerff and his partner, both of whom bee strand Newfoundland wh hundreds of others durg the 9/11 attacks, and The Book of Mormon, which often mocks relig bigotry agast gay people.

Wh storeonts that are cked out rabow flags and a sassy, ice-cream-lickg unirn, Big Gay Ice Cream knows how to create a scene.

One of the most important facilators of muny for LGBTIQ+ New Yorkers is The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center, referred to by lols simply as “The Center”. “Cisg” Central Park is also very real, and if you're g om somewhere that don't have much of a gay muny, thgs like this might e as a b of a culture shock. The NYCGHA is a member of Gay Hockey Internatnal and is a registered Public Chary unr sectn 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Co.

MARATHON AND CEREMONY BRG GAY GAM TO CLOSE

The Netherlands weled participants to the first European Gay Gam – yellow flags wh the tulip-and-triangle logo were everywhere. Wh a gay sports history datg to 1979, Cologne’s tradn of openns, bed wh two great villag and a ncentratn of sports at the German Sports Universy translated to a highly memorable week for 9, 500 participants om 70 untri.

GAY GAM HISTORICAL RESULTS

This week-long ftival for the 10th edn of the Gay Gam clud 36+ sports, 14 cultural events, and an amic nference.

Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen me out as gay on Thursday what is believed to be a first for a male ach major U.

GAY SPORTS LEAGU NYC: ATHLETIC CLUBS FOR EVERY GAY JOCK

The Gay Gam are a seri of multi-sport and culture events occurrg every four years, as one of the largt sportg events the world.

The Gay Gam is a worldwi sport and cultural event that promot acceptance of sexual diversy, featurg lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) athlet, artists and other dividuals. Found as the Gay Olympics, was started the Uned Stat San Francis, California, 1982, as the brachild of Olympic thlete (Mexi Cy 1968) and medil doctor Tom Wadll, Brenda Young, and others, whose goals were to promote the spir of cln and participatn, as well as to promote the pursu of personal growth a sportg event. Ia of non-natnal, but rather the flexible cy team reprentatn was one of the key novatns the first stance of the event, as petors e om many untri, cludg those where homosexualy remas illegal and hidn.

Tom Wadll, tend them to be lled the "Gay Olympics", but a lawsu filed ls than three weeks before 1982's gural Gay Olympics forced the name change. The 1994 Gay Gam, held June New York Cy to ci wh the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Rts, the morn start of the LGBT movement the Uned Stat, "overtook the Olympics size" wh 10, 864 athlet pared to 9, 356 at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 10, 318 at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

10 THGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE GAY GAM, HEADG TO HONG KONG 2022

They work wh ternatnal and natnal sports feratns, as well as LGBT+ sports anizatns to set the l for the petns GayGam, and wh their member anizatns to select which cy will host the next Gam. There are mms related to the sports, that open dited exhibns about Gay Gam when they are hosted like Amsterdam and Cologne durg GayGam.

GAY PARTI & EVENTS

The EuroGam[ad lk] is an annual EGLSF (European Gay and Lbian Sport Feratn) licenced event for athlet wh foc on European untri. The IGLA Champnships is an annual IGLA (Internatnal Gay and Lbian Aquatics) licenced event for athlet wh foc on aquatic sports, sometim tegrated wh Gay Gam or (former) World OutGam, sometim wh EuroGam, but also often pennt. Gay Wter-sports Ftival annualy Whistler, Brish Columbia hosts mostly North Amerin wter sports enthiasts.