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.
Contents:
- WHY THE FIRST GAY OLYMPICS WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT SPORTS
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPENLY GAY OLYMPIANS
- FIRST GAY OLYMPIAN HISTORY PETED 1928
- WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
WHY THE FIRST GAY OLYMPICS WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT SPORTS
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.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPENLY GAY OLYMPIANS
“She said, ‘I’d like to ve you all to the first-ever Gay Olympics, ’” remembers Jim Hahn, one of roughly 1.
FIRST GAY OLYMPIAN HISTORY PETED 1928
”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.
WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
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.
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. "When I walk to the [Gay Gam] openg ceremoni, " says Hahn, "I always get that sense of history g back.