The 10th annual Gay Gam scend on Paris

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Josh Miller and Theo Edmonds share their photography and experienc om this summer's Gay Gam Paris.

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

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"France is proud to host the 10th edn of the Gay Gam open to everyone worldwi, which for more than 35 years has acpanied the fights agast discrimatn by g sports as a lever for cln, " shared Emmanuel Macron, Print of France before the Gay Gam kicked off Paris Augt. Wh over 13, 000 participants and 10, 000+ athlet, the 2018 Gay Gam weled athlet and supporters om across the LGBTQ+ spectm for ne days of sports and cultural the Gay Gam village at Hotel Ville that weled over 54, 000 visors throughout the gam to venu across Paris cludg the largt public park -- Bois Boulogne -- home of the half and full marathon, the energy was ntag. "Stg at a rtrant the Marais after the marathon, which Josh ran, we met a lbian uple attendg the Gay Gam om Atralia who scribed the Dance Sport petn they'd attend the night before, as ptivatg as Dancg wh the Stars or World of Dance.

And, was peppered throughout the the stage of the Gay Gam Village, Mr. Walkg to the Closg Ceremony of the Gay Gam, there was a btersweet tge the air. We joed over 5, 000 people to celebrate as the Gay Gam flag was hand off to the legatn om Hong Kong, who will host the Gay Gam 2022.

Lookg across the crowd, s and tears epted as the Gay Gam culmated for the year.

THE GAY GAM START THIS WEEKEND. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

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While November 2022 may seem far off, LGBTQ athlet the world over are trag and workg hard ahead of the Gay Gam’ 11th stallment, set to take place Hong Kong. Tom Wadll — who himself was an Olympian, havg peted the 1968 Mexi Cy Olympic Gam and placg sixth the thlon — found the Gay Gam, a sports petn moled after the Olympic Gam. Takg place every four years and welg athlet om nearly 100 untri, the Gay Gam have que a legacy, and tertg facts about the ternatnal sportg event abound.

Here are 10 thgs you probably didn’t know about the Gay Gam:. Over 40 years, the Gay Gam have been hosted by untri and ci around the world. Vanuver, New York, Amsterdam, Sydney, Chigo, Cologne, Cleveland and Akron have all played host for the Gay Gam, wh the most recent eratn — Gay Gam X — takg place Paris 2018.

GAY GAM CLOS PARIS WH TRADNAL DANCE GALA

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The 2002 Sydney Gay Gam (photo urty of Patrick Riviere/Getty Imag). 2022, when the Gay Gam e to Hong Kong, marks the first year Asia will host the gam.

You don’t have to be gay to participate the Gay Gam. As we noted prevly, the Gay Gam are open to all, no matter one’s sexual orientatn or genr inty. This policy cis wh the Gay Gam’ three re prcipl of Participatn, Incln and Personal Bt.

CLOSG CEREMONY PARIS GAYGAM 2018

Over 12,700 participants om 91 untri nvened Paris for the 10th Gay Gam, which aim to raise awarens about gay and transgenr rights. * gay games paris closing ceremony *

Today the Gay Gam wele athlet petg more than 30 different sports. Back 1982, the Gay Gam saw athlet pete a number of sports — basketball, billiards, bowlg, cyclg, divg, golf, marathon, physique, powerliftg, soccer, softball, swimmg, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrtlg — but e 2022, the total number of sports have reached 36.

For the very first time Gay Gam history, Hong Kong will see athlet pete dodgeball and e-sports.

HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM

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World rerds have been set at past Gay Gam. In addn to sports, the Gay Gam have a large cultural ponent. In every prev eratn of the Gay Gam there have been Cafés Philosophiqu, which are basilly nferenc and panel discsns on topics of tert to the LGBTQ muny.

At the Paris Gay Gam 2018, topics vered how sports n bat discrimatn and sports as a source of well-beg and health.

Closg Ceremony for the 1994 New York Cy Gay Gam (photo urty Getty Imag).

THE 10TH ANNUAL GAY GAM SCEND ON PARIS

The Internatnal Rabow Memorial Run opens every Gay Gam week, and there’s typilly a slew of programmg at the Gay Gam ftival village and venu throughout the cy.

Ta Turner performed at the very first Gay Gam. Here’s a historil tidb you may not know: Back 1982, when Ta Turner was attemptg to rurrect her reer as a solo artist (havg prevly performed wh her ex-hband Ike), she performed at the openg ceremony of the 1982 Gay Gam Goln Gate Park. Famo gay thor Armistead Mp (Tal of the Cy) was the master of ceremoni that same year.

THE FAC OF THE GAY GAM OPENG CEREMONY

Speakers at past Gay Gam clu Ian McKellen, Barack Obama and more. In 1994, the Gay Gam me to New York Cy memoratn of the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprisg, and Sir Ian McKellen gave the closg addrs at Yankee Stadium. In 2014, Print Barack Obama opened the 2014 Cleveland+Akron Gay Gam wh a pre-rerd vio welg athlet om around the world to the gam.

Openg Ceremony for the 1994 New York Cy Gay Gam (photo urty Getty Imag). Watch Obama’s Gay Gam openg ceremony vio here:. While today ’s more supportive, the Olympics once sued the Gay Gam.

GAY PARTI AND EVENTS PARIS

Ahead of very first Gay Gam 1982, the event was lled the “Gay Olympics, ” which ed the Uned Stat Olympic Commtee to sue Wadll and his anizatn.

Jt 19 days before those very first gam were to take place, the Olympic Commtee secured an junctn, but stead of ncelg the gam, they went forward unr a new name — the Gay Gam — and were a huge succs.

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