History Of The Gay Gam - ROMEO

Contents:

• GAY GAM AMSTERDAM REVISED!
• LOOKG BACK & MEETG UP: 25 YEARS OF GAY GAM!
• GAY GAM 1998
• HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM
• A GAY GUI TO AMSTERDAM
• DONATN GOAL FOR GAY GAM 11
• HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM
• GAY GAM V RESULTS

GAY GAM AMSTERDAM REVISED!

There was a great turn-out recently for an event at the Amsterdam Mm – a special edn of the mm’s Queer History Talks, llaboratn wh Cocktail Amsterdam, drew no ls than 75 enthiastic visors on Tuday October 22 to relive the excement and thrill of the Gay Gam, held 1998 Amsterdam.

LOOKG BACK & MEETG UP: 25 YEARS OF GAY GAM!

The Gay Gam Amsterdam was the first Gay Gam to be anized outsi of the USA. A selectn of memorabilia om the Gay Gam Amsterdam was also exhibed durg the Queer History Talk (Archive: Ke Ruyter). This Queer History Talk was held the dorium of the mm, where hosts Niek van Spek and Ke Ruyter – who were rpectively puty director, and marketg manager munitns and creative director of Gay Gam Amsterdam at the time – provid a fascatg overview of that tremendo week over 20 years ago.

GAY GAM 1998

Gay Gam Amsterdam 1998 - film screeng By: Kev Schram. The Amsterdam Mm also has var memorabilia om the Amsterdam Gay Gam s llectn.

Vladimir Chorchord gave a warm wele to visors to the Gay Gam Amsterdam Queer History Talk! Topic: Gay Gam Amsterdam 1998.

HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM

Speakers: Niek van Spek, former puty director Gay Gam Amsterdam, Ke Ruyter, former manager marketg munitns and creative director Gay Gam Amsterdam. Durg the program 25 Years of Gay Gam! We will look back on the historic event wh a var speech, mic and Q&As to celebrate wh everyone who has fond memori of the Gay Gam.

Augt 1 marks exactly 25 years sce the 1998 Gay Gam Amsterdam kicked off.

Afternoon chairman/ceremony master Marc van n Broek will troduce a number of proment figur om Gay Gam history such as former board member Arthur van Schenl and former Director of Sport Jip van Lewen. The creators of the exhibn Gay Gam Amsterdam 1998: A queer retrospective Feargal Agard (gut curator) and Femke Awater (project lear) will also be prent. Mic will be provid by sger Wilma Bakker (ordator of the Gay Gam Canal Para boat).

A GAY GUI TO AMSTERDAM

Collectg the Cy #3: Gay Gam 1998Collectg the Cy is an exhibn seri which the Amsterdam Mm, llaboratn wh var muni and anizatns, “llects” and prents the vibrant cy of Amsterdam. In this third edn we clu a small exposn about the Gay Gam, which were held Amsterdam nowGay Gam AmsterdamThe Gay Gam is a sportg and cultural event held every four years for people om the LGBTIQ+ muny, where everyone is wele to participate. Followg edns San Francis (1982 and 1986), Vanuver (1990), and New York (1994), was Amsterdam’s turn to host the fifth the Gay Gam Augt 1998, LGBTIQ+ persons om around the world beme the majory Amsterdam’s cy center.

DONATN GOAL FOR GAY GAM 11

The more than 200, 000 visors put the cy on the map as the gay pal of the world. Many who attend still regard the Gay Gam 1998 as the bt week of their liv. This was also the se durg the Gay Gam—meang that very few narrativ such as the n be found archiv, and ’s not often spoken about.

HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM

For more rmatn, please vis possible byThe exhibn was created operatn wh IHLIA and Queer Amsterdam, among others, and was created llaboratn wh gut curator Feargal Agard, director of Humans of Film Amsterdam, and Iniative Group Gay Gam Amsterdam exhibn is ma possible part by VSBfonds, Gemeente Amsterdam, Vriennloterij, het Blwe Fonds, Fundatie van n Santhvel, Sobbe, Grav van Bylandt Stichtg, Mondriaan Fonds, Prs Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Ttfonds. Consired by many to be the gay pal of Europe, Amsterdam is one of the most welg statns the world for LGBTQ travelers. It has numero neighborhoods all over the cy dited to the LGBTQ muny, where you’ll fd gay bars, clubs, and hotels.

Those who are gay Amsterdam will feel totally at home this welg cy which has long been at the foreont of LGBTQ activism and fight for acceptance. Gay Amsterdam: is Amsterdam gay iendly? Amsterdam is a very gay-iendly cy.

The Netherlands, more broadly, is a culturally liberal untry and has historilly been a lear the fight for gay rights. In 2019, a Eurobarometer poll reported that 97% of Dutch people agreed that gay, lbian, and bisexual people should have the same rights as straight people (the send hight percentage the EU).

GAY GAM V RESULTS

Amsterdam has long been at the center of LGBTQ culture the Netherlands, home to some of s earlit gay bars and clubs. You’ll have no trouble fdg hotels that wele gay guts, and ’s unlikely for you to enunter issu when displayg affectn public. Are there gay areas Amsterdam?

The four streets make up the ma gay districts Amsterdam.