In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.
Contents:
- FOR LGBTQ ATHLET, THE GAY GAM ARE AS CCIAL NOW AS WHEN THEY WERE FOUND
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
- GAY GAM REGISTRATN AT HISTORIC-LOW LEVELS, STG DOUBT ON EVENT’S FUTURE
- GAY GAM NAME MEXI A SEND HOST FOR 2023 WHILE STICKG WH HONG KONG
FOR LGBTQ ATHLET, THE GAY GAM ARE AS CCIAL NOW AS WHEN THEY WERE FOUND
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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. 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. 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.
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.
GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
Are you a tennis fan lookg for a perfect match? GLTA (Gay and Lbian Tennis Alliance) worldwi tennis tournaments and the muny of more than 10,000 tennis enthiasts awa! * gay games tennis *
“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. 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.
”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. Seeg s but Lat Ameri has special meang for the Montreal rint who grew up Ecuador, which was nservative and owned upon homosexualy when he was took up tennis at age ne his home untry, and eventually went to the U. He was amazed to learn of the Gay and Lbian Tennis Alliance, a global anizatn, and s annual world tour, which volv more than 70 amatr tennis events for a muny of more than 10, 000 players rangg om begner to ele.
GAY GAM REGISTRATN AT HISTORIC-LOW LEVELS, STG DOUBT ON EVENT’S FUTURE
The Gay Gam face an uphill battle for their events Hong Kong and Guadalajara six months. * gay games tennis *
“It was a whole new world to me, ” Delgado recently won a sgl tle at the Canadian Gay Open, the untry’s largt GLTA-sanctned tournament, Toronto on Victoria Day weekend. When he tak part at the Gay Gam Guadalajara, he hop to talk to people om ls progrsive untri, who might be spired to create their own clive sport opportuni back this photo gallery:Gay Gam tennis talent Carlos Delgado June. ”“It’s val for to hold the gam”“You see each other every four years and ’s like a homeg, like a fay, ” said Kimberly Hadley of Edmonton, an officer of sport on the FGG’s board and an anizer at the 2023 Gay Gam, her fourth.
GAY GAM NAME MEXI A SEND HOST FOR 2023 WHILE STICKG WH HONG KONG
Timg is one issue: The Gay Gam were ially schled for 2022, wh Hong Kong as the solo host, but the event was layed as the regn stggled to reopen after the panmic. But many who ncelled 2022 are back this year, forcg some athlet to choose between a world champnship event or the Gay Gam, or to fork out for both.