Guadalajara is poised to showse s queer-iendly cy and muny as the -host of the Gay Gam 2023. Here's what you need to know.
Contents:
- GAY GAM NAME MEXI A SEND HOST FOR 2023 WHILE STICKG WH HONG KONG
- DONATN GOAL FOR GAY GAM 11
- GAY GAM 2023: A TURNG POT FOR GUADALAJARA
- WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
- THE GAY GAM XII 2026 PRUMPTIVE HOST CY HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED
- FEDERATION OF GAY GAMES EVENTS
GAY GAM NAME MEXI A SEND HOST FOR 2023 WHILE STICKG WH HONG KONG
The Gay Gam already postponed their event. Now they claim to be hostg 2 different ci. * the gay games 2023 *
The arrival of the Gay Gam our cy reprents a great opportuny for social change towards the LGBTTTIQA+ muny addn to generatg jobs and growth opportuni for GAMESThe Gay Gam are nsired to be the most important sports and cultural petn of diversy anized by the LGBT+ muny, like the Olympic Gam, is held every four years wh a participatn of approximately 10, 000 athlet. The Gay Gam, addn to tegratg sports discipl, also tegrate a cultural and nference Gay Gam are a benef event. The Feratn of Gay Gam has announced will spl s quadrennial event next year, hostg two different events two different ci: Hong Kong and Guadalajara, Mexi.
DONATN GOAL FOR GAY GAM 11
* the gay games 2023 *
While the Gay Gam have had lofty goals of brgg the world to Cha to celebrate the LGBTQ muny, the realy is that this is not gog to happen.
For much of the last few years, the Gay Gam has watched as the reali of selectg Hong Kong as a host cy have grown: the creasg encroachment of Che thorarian le Hong Kong, a lack of tert amongst athlet Hong Kong as a host cy, human-rights issu Cha, the COVID-19 panmic, and more. Var athlet — and even votg members of the Feratn of Gay Gam — have reached out to me over the last few years to anonymoly levy their ncerns.
This latt move — claimg they will host the Gam two different ci — is the latt step before the Hong Kong Gam are eher nceled all together or rced to an event that is unregnizable as the Gay Gam. Given what happened 2017 wh the Outgam — athlet arrivg om around the world to fd there is no event — the Gay Gam will have to make some very ser cisns the g weeks and months that uld alter the future of the event. Yet the wrg was on the wall for Hong Kong when anizers told the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Football Associatn they uldn’t host their world champnships njunctn wh the Gam — somethg they had done for s.
GAY GAM 2023: A TURNG POT FOR GUADALAJARA
Even as LGBTQ sports leagu and events have explod around the world, the Gay Gam’ attendance numbers have cled sce the 1990s, a batn of multiple factors. The fact that other people are tryg to build events like the Gay Gam is a powerful form of flattery.
WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
Organizers will tout the first Gay Gam both Asia and Lat Ameri, which is somethg to celebrate.
Part of the Gay Gam missn is to help brg change and unrstandg — The prence of LGBTQ athlet the ci n’t hurt.
THE GAY GAM XII 2026 PRUMPTIVE HOST CY HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED
Yet bee of some shaky cisn-makg, the very future of the Gay Gam may hang on what happens over the next 18 months. The Gay Gam and s ternatnal Feratn exist to serve the needs of athlet, artists, and advot.
FEDERATION OF GAY GAMES EVENTS
Participatg the Gay Gam has been a life-changg experience for thoands om all walks of life. Thanks to some robt fundraisg and a genero scholarship program, hundreds om highly unrserved untri and muni have been brought to the Gay Gam to wns “Participatn, Incln, and Personal Bt ™” first-hand and see the llective power of those valu.
As the world’s largt sports and cultural event open to all, the Gay Gam have created and nurtured a movement that has bee among the greatt forc for muny empowerment and social change. Guadalajara, the state pal of Jalis, Mexi, together wh Hong Kong, will -host the 11th Gay Gam on November 3-11, 2023.