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Shawn Rohl, Ph.D., Conducts Enomic Impact Study of Paris 2018 Gay Gam | Ambassador Crawford College of Bs and Entreprenrship | PARIS, France - Thoands me and spent lns this Augt at the 10th edn of the Gay Gam, anized by Paris 2018. Acrdg to a study nducted by College of Bs Admistratn Associate Profsor of Enomics Shawn Rohl, Ph.D., the total enomic impact of this global event was over 66 ln Euros (approximately $75.9 ln). The study was released the week of October 30, 2018. Acrdg to rults of the survey: 40 percent of the more than 10,317 who participated or attend the Gam lived outsi of the Paris metro area. Lols and non-lols spent 66 ln Euros the ma sectors of the enomy, cludg hotels, rtrants, bars and gas statns. An addnal 41.6 ln Euros was generated lol e, roughly the equivalent of 1,429 full-time jobs. “The Gay Gam ntu to be a substantive talyst of enomic growth for the events’ host cy as monstrated by the latt Gay Gam Paris,” Rohl said. Rohl’s rearch foc on the effect of ernment polici on firm tablishment and employment cisns. His work has been published journals such asReview of Enomics and Statistics, Journal of Law and Enomics, Journal of Urban EnomicsandEnomic Inquiry. In addn to this recent study, Rohl has produced studi on the enomic impact of the Mid-Amerin Conference Basketball Tournament, the Senr Gam, the Utopia Pipele and the Akron Marathon. “Paris and the Ile France regn tly benefed om thoands of visors durg the week of Gay Gam 10, and we are already experiencg long-term gas. The Village Ftival durg the Gam was such a succs that may return next year as an event on s own. Support om the cy, regn and state, cludg Mistri, agenci and natnal sport feratns, was ccial to the succs of the event,” said Manuel PICAUD, Co-Print of Paris 2018. To read the plete study, click here. Paris 2018 – Gay Gam 10 Paris 2018 is the 10th edn of the Gay Gam, a Celebratn of Diversy, the largt ternatnal sport and culture event open to all. From Augt 4-12, 2018, Paris weled more than 10,000 participants om 91 untri for a ftival of sport and culture wh 36 sports, 14 cultural events, two ceremoni, one village and a sports nference. Paris 2018 – Gay Gam 10 is anized by a volunteer team, wh support om the Cy of Paris, the Île-- France Regn, the natnal Mistry of Ci, Youth, and Sports, DIGES-the Inter-misterial Delegate for Large Sportg Events, 36 natnal French Sport Feratns, and partnership wh FSGL, the Fédératn Sportive Gaie et Lbienne, and support om the LGBT Centre, Inter-LGBT, l’Autre Cercle, and the natnal stunt feratn, FAGE. Kent State College of Bs Admistratn Kent State Universy's College of Bs Admistratn is among the fewer than 1% of bs schools worldwi to obta dual AACSB accredatn both bs and acuntg. The Kent State College of Bs Admistratn ranks as one of the natn’s Bt Bs Schools byPrceton Review. The College is mted to staabily as an advancedPrcipl for Rponsible Management Edutn (PRME)signatory and is regnized by theSal Edutn Foundatnas a top universy for profsnal sal tn. Media Contact: Joni Bowen, Public Relatns and Media Specialist, (330) 672-1279, cell: (330) 221-0637,

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GAY GAM : L TEMPS FORTS EN IMAG

PARIS 2018 | Paris ville hôte s 10ème Gay Gam en 2018 * paris gay games *

Sce 1982, the Gay Gam have brought together people om all walks of life, whout discrimatn, around the valu of diversy, rpect, equaly, solidary, and sharg. Wh sport beg a medium for togetherns and cln, the Gay Gam are OPEN TO ALL and offer everyone the opportuny to participate their own way. As athlet, artists, supporters, spectators, donors, volunteers, nference participants, sponsors, or simply anyone terted this project, everyone has a role to play at the Gay Gam and help make thgs happen.

THE PARIS GAY GAM PICTUR: ‘THE ATMOSPHERE IS REALLY ELECTRIC’

L 10e Gay Gam se sont achevés ce week-end : retour en imag sur l grands moments, avec un fal ht en ulr vant l'Hôtel Ville ! Et retrouvez l témoignag d'athlèt renntrés à Charléty et à l'Instut du judo. * paris gay games *

Barulet/Agence France-Prse — Getty ImagThe 10th Gay Gam, an ternatnal sports event that bills self as the world’s largt and “most clive” — anyone n participate, even straight people — will e to a close on Sunday event has grown tremendoly sce s kickoff 1982 San Francis, where was origally advertised as the “Gay Olympics” by s founr, Dr. “The atmosphere is really electric, ” said Joanie Evans, a Brish nonprof worker and a -print of the Feratn of Gay Gam, which aniz the tournament.

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. * paris gay games *

Christophe Pet Tson/EPA, via ShutterstockThe Gam are tend to promote eedom and rights for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people. Organizers say the Gam are ccial bee of the discrimatn gay athlet face sports, on both the amatr and profsnal levels.

And some of the participants hail om untri wh strict anti-gay laws, like Kenya, Sdi Arabia and Rsia.

GAY GAM X - PARIS 2018

Paris is the host of the 10th Gay Gam, takg place Aug. 4-12, 2018. * paris gay games *

Kev Mwachiro and Kelv Washiko, gay activists om Kenya, received scholarships to attend the event om the Feratn of Gay Gam and the Internatnal Front Runners, an L.

GAY GAM 10 PARIS 2018

The Gay Gam which are unr way Paris are not jt a chance to celebrate sport and diversy: they offer ccial rpe to gay athlet forced to hi their sexualy their home untri. * paris gay games *

Christophe Pet Tson/EPA, via Barulet/Agence France-Prse — Getty ImagThe petns take place stadiums and facili around Paris and Île--France, the broar Parisian regn, wh support om the ernment and major rporatns like Renlt and General also e amid a rise reports of homophobic acts France, acrdg to the group SOS Homophobie, which has operated an anonymo hotle to llect such acunts sce 1998. The group received 1, 650 reports of homophobic acts 2017, a 5 percent rise om the prev year.

But ’s still a stark remr of the persistence of homophobia France, said the group’s print, Joël Dmier.

” Barulet/Agence France-Prse — Getty ImagThis week, a plaque memoratg the executn of a gay uple 1750 was vandalized wh black pat and signs targetg gay parents. Christophe Pet Tson/EPA, via ShutterstockFrance legalized gay marriage 2013 amid large protts, but French law still blocks gay upl om pursug medilly assisted reproductn. The Feratn of Gay Gam chose the lotn over 16 others, cludg Washgton and Guadalajara, Mexi.

HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM

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. “The formula for succs was visibily and inty, ” Wadll said an terview followg the first Gay Gam 1982.

PARIS GAY GAM A RPE FOR OPPRSED ATHLET

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. 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.

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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.

SHAWN ROHL, PH.D., CONDUCTS ENOMIC IMPACT STUDY OF PARIS 2018 GAY GAM

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

GAY GAM 2018, THE LARGT INTERNATNAL LGBTQ SPORTG EVENT, IS FAST APPROACHG

Swimmer Jim Ballard set a world rerd the 100-meter backstroke 2002 at the Sydney Gay Gam.

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.

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