The Gay Gam already postponed their event. Now they claim to be hostg 2 different ci.
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- THE GAY GAM XII 2026 PRUMPTIVE HOST CY HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED
- WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
- GAY GAM NAME MEXI A SEND HOST FOR 2023 WHILE STICKG WH HONG KONG
THE GAY GAM XII 2026 PRUMPTIVE HOST CY HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED
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 sydney 2023 *
The Flyg Bats and Sydney Rangers Football Clubs, alongsi Pri Football Atralia, will host the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Football Associatn (IGLFA) World Champnships XXIV Sydney 2023.
In 2023, Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras and Sydney WorldPri uned to prent a tly global LGBTQIA+SB pri ftival.
In the Ftival Report below, learn more about the legacy of Sydney WorldPri for Intepri, Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, Sydney cy, First Natns muni, the Human Rights Conference and the broar LGBTQIA+ muny. In Febary of this year, the Feratn of Gay Gam General Assembly announced that three ci had been shortlisted to host the 2026 Gay Gam XII. Found as the Gay Olympics San Francis 1982, the Feratn of Gay Gam seeks to promote equaly for all people— particularly those the LGBTQ+ muny— around the world.
WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
In addn to holdg the Gay Gam every four years, they also award scholarships to unrfund dividuals to physilly brg them to the Gam and work wh nonprofs the host ci themselv. Based on the valu of Participatn, Incln, and Personal Bt, everyone is wele to the Gay Gam, meang that no one is disclud based on their “sexual orientatn, genr, race, relign, natnaly, ethnic orig, polil belief(s), athletic/artistic abily, physil challenge, age, or health stat.
” The Gay Gam have lerally changed the world by beg the largt sports and cultural event that’s open to all participants. Wele to the Gay Gam, where anyone n bee an athlete and reprent their untry, no matter their age, genr, athletic skill - or ed sexualy.
"Really, is the LGBTQ+ Gam - alli n participate, anyone n take part, " Adrian Hyyrylaen-Trett, vice-print of external relatns for the Feratn of Gay Gam, tells BBC Sport. Instead, the Gay Gam - ially termed the Gay Olympics before an junctn om the US Olympic Commtee over the e of the word 'Olympic' forced a change of name - aims to provi a place for people to play sport what is an creasgly hostile environment. From the 2022 World Cup, where issu om the illegaly of homosexualy Qatar and the scrappg of the OneLove armband created a mabre sishow to the football, to the scramble of sports erng bodi to brg new l or tegori for transgenr athlet, sport 2023 is a difficult place to be for many LGBTQ+ people.
GAY GAM NAME MEXI A SEND HOST FOR 2023 WHILE STICKG WH HONG KONG
In the Gay Gam there are no qualifyg tegori and the sports have rankgs which a person n select the level at which they want to pete.
And 's bee of this that the Gay Gam has grown to have more participants than even the Olympics, wh more than 10, 000 people takg part the event Paris 2018. But Hyyrylaen-Trett believ this uld be the most diverse Gay Gam yet, thanks to beg hosted two new ntents, along wh iativ such as a scholarship the Gam n Congo to enable more Ain athlet to pete. His gay and lbian iends San Francis, though, had never experienced an event as thrillg or movg as the openg ceremony.
And so Wadll created the Gay Gam – then lled the Gay Olympics, until the Internatnal Olympic Commtee sued over the name. They draw over 10, 000 athlet and sometim seven or eight tim as many spectators, said Shiv Pl, vice print of external relatns for the Feratn of Gay Gam. And unlike at the Olympics, activism is enuraged at the Gay Gam, as has been sce the begng when the HIV/AIDS crisis was ravagg LGBTQ muni.