The Gay Gam face an uphill battle for their events Hong Kong and Guadalajara six months.
Contents:
- DONATN GOAL FOR GAY GAM 11
- GAY GAM REGISTRATN AT HISTORIC-LOW LEVELS, STG DOUBT ON EVENT’S FUTURE
- FEDERATION OF GAY GAMES EVENTS
DONATN GOAL FOR GAY GAM 11
* gay games registration *
The Gay Gam and s ternatnal Feratn exist to serve the needs of athlet, artists, and advot. 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.
The Gay Gam are stgglg to register participants for the spl-cy events Hong Kong and Guadalajara, Mexi, this November, a suatn one source felt was a “potential tastrophe. Outsports has learned that only about 1, 200 paid registrants — as of last week 780 Guadalajara and 433 Hong Kong — have so far signed up to participate the two ci’ Gay Gam this November.
GAY GAM REGISTRATN AT HISTORIC-LOW LEVELS, STG DOUBT ON EVENT’S FUTURE
The future of the Gay Gam may now hge on what happens over the next six months. Comparatively, the Gay Gam Paris had 4, 000 registrants 10 months ahead of those Gam 2018.
Sce 1984, every Gay Gam has claimed to clu at least 8, 000 participants. Fzgerald poted to creased registratn the months ahead of the 2018 Paris Gay Gam, even up to 1, 000 people a month he said.
Yet over the urse of a month om late March to late April — acrdg to rmatn provid to Outsports by the Feratn of Gay Gam — a ltle over 200 new participants registered between the two events. The athlet om those sports generally acunt for around 15% of the athlet at a Gay Gam. While the sports are beg held at the 2023 Gay Gam, the whholdg of the anizatns’ champnships is a big loss.
FEDERATION OF GAY GAMES EVENTS
In 2017, the Outgam — dubbed a rival to the quadrennial Gay Gam — drew only about 2, 000 registrants for their Miami-based event before ncelg the entire week jt hours before started. While the Gay Gam have a much more robt history and track rerd than the Outgam, some people are htg the “panic button” for the 2023 Gay Gam. Qutns about movg the Gay Gam om Hong Kong started years ago.
The selectn of Hong Kong as the host of this year’s Gay Gam was, even at the time of selectn 2017, a risk for the future of the event. At the 2018 Gam, chatter amongst var people and around the Feratn of Gay Gam and other lears qutned rensirg the selectn.
The Gay Gam had over the prev years benefted om beg hosted ci where Amerins and Europeans — who historilly make up the vast majory of participants — wanted to travel: Sydney, San Francis, Paris, Amsterdam.