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German cy gets ready to host gay and lbian athlet om more than 70 untri for eighth quadrennial event

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GAY GAM VIII RESULTS

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Around 10, 000 gay and lbian athlet om around the globe are expected to scend on the wtern German cy of Cologne tomorrow to participate the ternatnal Gay Gam.

GAY GAM COLOGNE SET TO WELE 10,000 PETORS

"We want to monstrate that the excln of gays and lbians, pecially the sportg world, has to end, " said Thorsten Moeck, of the anisatn mtee.

"While most participants e om Germany and the US, the list of untri reprented will also clu Sri Lanka, Sdi Arabia, the Uned Arab Emirat, Mexi and said for many, cludg Mexi's gay soccer team, whose inti have been liberately kept secret, would be a "unique opportuny" to be surround by fellow gays and lbians. Eastern European sportsmen and women, om untri where discrimatn is more or ls systematic, have this year been ved to the event for Gay Gam first started San Francis 1982 and tak place every four years.

Its foundg father was the openly gay thlete Tom Wadll, who died of Aids year's host cy is home to Europe's largt gay and lbian sport club, SC Atralian Olympic gymnast Matthew Mcham, who won a gold medal at the Beijg Olympics 2008 and is one of the few major athlet to have ever e out, will open the event.

HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM

"This event brgs gay and lbian life onto the soccer pch, the athletics track and to the swimmg pool, " he said. "This is a great opportuny for all gays and lbians to show the world that as a muny we're not a bunch of stereotyp.

Gay Gam. Gay Gam History. Gay Gam IChallenge.

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

Liv were changed, and was clear the Gay Gam would be held aga.

Gay Gam IITriumph '86. Gay Gam IIICelebratn 1990. The third Gay Gam were the first to take place outsi the USA.

At the height of the AIDS crisis, the Gay Gam doubled size aga and ntued to serve as an spiratn. Gay Gam IVUny '94. Wh 31 sports, Gay Gam IV exceed the Olympics numbers of participants, and saw s first amic nference.

GAY GAM HISTORICAL RESULTS

Gay Gam VFriendship. The Netherlands weled participants to the first European Gay Gam – yellow flags wh the tulip-and-triangle logo were everywhere.

Gay Gam VIIWhere The World Meets.

Gay Gam VII aga showed the endurg impact of the Gay Gam. Gay Gam VIIIBe Part Of It. 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.

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