Jt before the 10th Gay Gam e to Paris this Augt, we cid to look back at the history of the Gay Gam and brg you up to speed on ’s long and proud sportg history.
Contents:
- HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM
- WHY THE FIRST GAY OLYMPICS WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT SPORTS
- WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
- HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM
- GAY GAM HISTORY
- DONATN GOAL FOR GAY GAM 11
- A LOOK BACK AT LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: THE GAY GAM
HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM
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. * gay games history *
Gay Gam. Gay Gam History.
Gay Gam IChallenge. Liv were changed, and was clear the Gay Gam would be held aga.
WHY THE FIRST GAY OLYMPICS WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT SPORTS
* gay games history *
Gay Gam IITriumph '86.
WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
History of the Gay Gam * gay games history *
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.
HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM
The first Gay Gam took place San Francis Aug. 28-Sept. 5, 1982, and the 11th edn is set for Hong Kong 2022. * gay games history *
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.
GAY GAM HISTORY
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.
Gay Gam IX Go All Out.
The 2014 Gay Gam prented by the Cleveland Foundatn brought the event to Northeast Oh. Gay Gam X All Equal.
DONATN GOAL FOR GAY GAM 11
This week-long ftival for the 10th edn of the Gay Gam clud 36+ sports, 14 cultural events, and an amic nference. A total of 10, 317 registered participants om 91 untri took part Gay Gam 10.
A LOOK BACK AT LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: THE GAY GAM
Gay Gam 11Uny In Diversy. The Gay Gam will vis Asia for the first time 2022.
Watch this web se for lks and more rmatn as plans take shape for the 11th edn of the Gay Gam. Sger Ta Turner was the ma draw at the openg ceremony San Francis for the first Gay Gam 1982, but cy supervisor Doris Ward may have received the biggt reactn om the crowd. “She said, ‘I’d like to ve you all to the first-ever Gay Olympics, ’” remembers Jim Hahn, one of roughly 1.
”But Gay Gam I, which ran om Augt 28-September 5, 1982, faced many challeng, cludg the U. Olympic Commtee's lawsu barrg the event om g the name "Gay Olympics. You uld have an Olympics for anythg, ” says Shamey Cramer, a swimmer who -led Team Los Angel the first Gam, “but heaven forbid you should be gay or lbian.