This was the official program of Gay Gam I, held San Francis, California, durg Augt 1982. Origally this event was to be known as the Gay...
Contents:
- WHY THE FIRST GAY OLYMPICS WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT SPORTS
- GAY GAM HISTORICAL RESULTS
- GAY GAM I PROGRAM
- 1982 GAY GAM OPENG CEREMONY AND MARATHON
WHY THE FIRST GAY OLYMPICS WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT SPORTS
* gay games 1982 *
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.
GAY GAM HISTORICAL RESULTS
Succeed blockg the official e of the term "Olympic, " but the lawsu galvanized support for the Gam, pecially among the gay muny.
Participants the gural event today rell Gay Gam I as a watershed moment for gay athlet around the world.
GAY GAM I PROGRAM
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1982 GAY GAM OPENG CEREMONY AND MARATHON
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Like many other LGBT athlet, Wadll wanted to make a siar, powerful statement wh an event for gay MORE: 8 Memorable Protts by Amerin Athlet “You were eher a drag queen or the leather muny—those were the stereotyp that were prented to the public at that time, ” says Rick Thoman, a track and field athlete who peted the first Gay Gam. “They never thought that we were able to be athletic and be gay at the same time.