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	Gay Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The purpose of the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) is to foster and augment the self-respect of lesbians and gay men throughout the world and to engender respect and understanding from the nongay world, primarily through an organized international participatory athletic and cultural event held every four years, and commonly known as the Gay Games.
		On 16 March 2005, the Federation of Gay Games announced that Cologne, Johannesburg, and Paris were the official candidate cities for Gay Games VIII in 2010.
		The seventh edition of the Gay Games was originally planned for Montréal in 2006, but the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) removed its sanction after differences arose between it and Montréal 2006, ostensibly over the size of the event.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gay_Games (641 words)

	Gay Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gay Games VI Gay Games VI and Cultural Festival will open at Sydney Olympic Park on Saturday, 2nd of November, 2002 and close the following Saturday, 9th of November at Sydney Football Stadium near the city centre.
		The Sydney Sports program heralds a new era for the Gay Games, with new events to encourage greater participation of women, the use of Sydney's "state of the art" Olympic venues and a comprehensive program for participants with disabilities.
		Gay and lesbian sports men and women from Sydney have been strongly represented at every Gay Games with over 200 participants taking part in Gay Games IV in New York in 1994 and 400 in Amsterdam in 1998.
	www.robintylertours.com /Gay_Games/gay_games.htm (591 words)

	Gay Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gay Games organizers have worked since the time the games were pulled from Montreal and awarded to Chicago to gain the waiver.
		Chicago Games Inc., says that they believe that two international games can successfully be held in 2006, and agrees with the Federation of Gay Games that the must focus on the essentials, sports and cultural events, and not the nonessential and costly events such as dance parties.
		Games organizers have asked the City of Sydney, the South Sydney City Council and the state government to guarantee bank overdraft loans of $3 million for the games, but all three groups have said that they have supported the games to the limit that they can afford.
	www.internationalgames.net /gaygames.htm (7133 words)

	Real Women of Canada - Newsletters - GAY GAMES FLOP AGAIN
		The Gay Games held in Sydney, Australia, in November 2002, was a flop.
		The hockey player claimed that he was "misplaced in the body of a gay male," had the necessary surgery, completed the female hormone therapy, which reduced body mass, and was wearing extensive makeup, so that he/she was female and was qualified to play on the lesbian team, which he/she did.
		In view of the outcome of other recent Gay Games, it would not be unreasonable to regard these projected numbers with considerable scepticism, and regard with alarm the pending financial ruin as a result of these Gay Games.
	www.realwomenca.com /newsletter/2003_july_aug/article_12.html (426 words)

	Gay Games or Gay Olympics? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Since that time, organizers, promoters and participants in the games, in the face of overwhelming evidence, have attempted to convince the general public that the Gay Games were being discriminated against as the only games ever to have the USOC or IOC request not to use the word Olympic to describe their events.
		The Deaf Games forgot their agreement of 1924 and called their 1949 games, "Olympic Games of the Silent." This was only discovered after the conclusion of the games, but the IOC resolved to make certain it would not happen again.
		The case involving the Gay Games (International Olympic Committee vs. San Francisco Arts and Athletics, 781 F. 2d 733), was decided in January of 1986, with the courts deciding that there would be confusion and the "Gay Olympics" would have to use another name.
	www.internationalgames.net /topics/gayolympics.htm (1931 words)

	Uncle Donald's Castro Street - Gay Games
		The games were held in June in New York City instead of August because 1994 was the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots which occurred in Greenwich Village in June of 1969.
		Gay Games V received enthusiastic financial support from the city of Amsterdam and the government of the Netherlands.
		Gay Games VI images posted here are the property of Chris Geary and used with his permission.
	thecastro.net /gaygames/gaygamehist.html (2878 words)

	glbtq >> arts >> Gay Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Gay Games is a quadrennial sporting and cultural event designed for the gay and lesbian community.
		Moreover, the Games has its share of heterosexual athletes competing, albeit their number is small and they usually participate as team members rather than as individuals.
		Gay Games VII, scheduled for 2006, were originally awarded to Montreal, but after some bitter disagreements between the Federation of Gay Games and the Montreal host committee, the 2006 Games were shifted to Chicago.
	www.glbtq.com /arts/gay_games.html (912 words)

	Jan 2, 2004 - Chicago to Re-bid for 2006 Gay Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Team New York, one of the world’s largest delegations to past Gay Games, has written to Chicago to indicate their support for the Gay Games, noting they will work to expand their participation if Chicago is awarded the 2006 Gay Games.
		Based on the principles of inclusion and participation, the Gay Games welcomes all people without regard to their sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, political belief(s), athletic/artistic ability, age, physical challenge, or health status.
		Gay Games® is a registered trademark of the Federation of Gay Games.
	www.chicagogamesinc.org /ChicagoToBid.html (1076 words)

	Gay Games® VII Sports and Cultural Festival - 15-22 July 2006 - Chicago USA
		According to Gay Games VII Ceremony Committee Co-Chair Greg McNitt, the seats being sold are the best non-suite tickets available for sale at each historic venue.
		The Federation of Gay Games, and Chicago Games, Inc., announced today that the waiver comes with federal approval of Designated Event Status for Gay Games VII set for 15-22 July 2006.
		The Federation of Gay Games is proud to announce that Sir Elton John has become a Gay Games Ambassador.
	www.gaygameschicago.org (932 words)

	Crystal Lake gives OK to Gay Games
		Last Thursday, the board was deadlocked in a 2-2 vote over the application by organizers of the games to use the lake, a highly regarded venue for such events.
		Gay Games organizers still have to clear hurdles with city officials and other suburbs.
		More than 80 residents, gay activists, ministers and legal experts took to the microphone to voice concerns about issues ranging from tolerance, the state's human rights act and fear the Gay Games will promote promiscuity.
	www.suntimes.com /output/news/cst-nws-gaygames08.html (401 words)

	The Glory of the Gay Games
		The cultural/athletic extravaganza known as Gay Games IV and Cultural Festival that's enveloping New York this week is without a doubt momentous, ground-breaking, and historic.
		A biography of Gay Games founder Tom Waddell is due shortly from a source that even Joe and Jane Sixpack would consider a paragon of establishment sports journalism, Dick Schaap.
		The Gay Games are a rarity: A social movement with a direct lineage to exactly one person, paratrooper-physician-father-artist-(dec)athlete Tom Waddell, the greatest hyphenate in American gay history.
	www.joeclark.org /glory.html (1694 words)

	Knitting Circle Gay Games 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The annual gay EuroGames has featured ballroom dancing for the past two years, in Berlin last year and Frankfurt in 1995." "The Dutch organisers also believe ballroom pulls in the crowds.
		Gay Games hit by a javelin in the works by Michael Carter in The Pink Paper, 7th.
		Officials at the Federation of Gay Games have received numerous reports that sportsmen and women deliberately lowered their standard to ensure winning medals in a lower category of their particular sport.
	myweb.lsbu.ac.uk /~stafflag/gaygames98.html (2355 words)

	Sydney gay games 2002
		Gay Games IV was the largest sporting event in the world.
		Sydney 2002 Gay Games recognizes that the emphasis is on ability not disability.
		When you register for the Gay Games as a participant, you become part of a whole Games experience lasting 7 days – the opening and closing ceremonies, your sport or cultural event, a participation medal and entry into a host of sports events and performances and the parties and festivities.
	www.gaysydneyhotels.com /sydneygaygames2002.htm (2392 words)

	Gay Games Sydney 2002
		Little did my partner Johan and I think, 30 years ago, as we danced the night away at the Purple Onion, less than a mile away, that we would be at the opening of a Gay Games with the Queen's representative and so many to bear witness to such a social revolution.
		Of Greg Louganis, twice Olympic gold medallist, who came out as gay and HIV-positive and said that it was the Gay Games that emboldened him to tell it as it was.
		Of Bertrand Delanoé, the openly gay mayor of Paris, stabbed by a homophobe whilst attending a celebration at city hall.
	www.gayline.gen.nz /gay_games.htm (916 words)

	Outsports - Gay Games
		There are many exceptional athletes at the Gay Games, playing in virtually all sports.
		Faraci (left) and Landher were media darlings at the Gay Games wrestling event Monday.
		Gay Games VI kicks off in Sydney tonight (Saturday Australian time; Friday in the U.S.) with perfect weather in a beautiful and hospitable city.
	www.outsports.com /ggames02/index.cfm (335 words)

	Knitting Circle Gay Games history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The gay games at San Francisco were founded by Tom Waddell and organised by San Francisco Arts and Athletics, Inc.
		The games were originally to be called the Gay Olympic Games but the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) filed a court action against the the organisers, and in 1978 the United States Congress passed the Amateur Sports Act which granted the USOC exclusive use of the word "olympic".
		The Third Gay Games and Cultural Festival, held in Vancouver in August 1990.
	myweb.lsbu.ac.uk /~stafflag/gameshistory.html (287 words)

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		The Gay Games have a loyalty and a legacy unmatched in the gay and lesbian community.
		Corporate partners have international visibility for two years during the build-up to the Gay Games, and for the 8 days of competition.
		Chicago Games, Inc. is proud to partner with a wide range of sponsors for Gay Games VII in 2006.
	www.gaygameschicago.org /sponsors/home.php (260 words)

	Gay Games VIII Johannesburg 2010 Bid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		FEDERATION OF The Federation of Gay Games today announced that the successful host city for the 2010 Gay Games is Cologne, Germany.
		After two years of preparation, the Johannesburg Gay Games Bid Committee will present the final bid to host the Gay Games VIII in 2010 in Chicago next week.
		Thirdly, we have a strong desire to host these Games not just for the competition and fun they’ll bring, but because many of our sisters and brothers still struggle for their constitutional rights — here and especially in the rest of Africa.
	www.gaygamesjohannesburg.com (317 words)

	Windy City Times
		Mindful of previous Gay Games that have struggled financially, this plan proposes significant changes in the way the Gay Games VII are produced and funded.
		The Gay Games was created in 1982 by Dr. Tom Waddell, an Olympic athlete who envisioned an international gay and lesbian event based upon the principles of inclusion, participation, and personal best.
		The Gay Games welcomes all people without regard to their sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, political belief(s), athletic, artistic ability, age, physical challenge, or health status.
	www.windycitymediagroup.com /gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=4249 (1853 words)

	Outsports - Gay Games
		I was Squatting and Deadlifting for fun, at a gay gym in Central London (Soho Athletic Club) and had caught the eye of gay, weightlifting coach Jim Atkinson.
		I won ‘Gold’ at the Sydney Gay Games in the 75-kilo class, with the largest Squat and Deadlift on percentage to bodyweight in the competition (Wilks Formula).
		My point is that by participating and taking a sport seriously, gay people earn the respect of other people within their sport.
	www.outsports.com /ggames02/ggamesText.cfm?id=17 (1375 words)

	Gay Games VII - July 15-22, 2006 - Chicago, Illinois, USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chicago 2006 and the Federation of Gay Games are knee-deep in the final stages of testing the registration components of our new website.
		To celebrate, all staff and volunteers from Gay Games IV in New York have been invited to a 10th year reunion this coming Friday, 18 June 2004, from 6 to 8 pm at the LGBT Community Center Annex, 221 West 13th Street, right across the street from the Community Center's main building.
		Join supporters of the Gay Games VII Sport and Cultural Festival, scheduled for 15-22 July 2006 in Chicago, for a special benefit performance of "The Last Sunday in June" at the Bailiwick Theatre, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago.
	www.chicagogamesinc.org /GayGamesUpdate-040611.html (1201 words)

	Boi From Troy » Gay Games Under attack by “Family” Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As if the Gay Games did not have enough troubles with the schism between Montreal and Chicago over the site selection for 2006, the American Family Association is now calling for a boycott of Kraft Foods because the company is sponsoring the homosexual sporting event.
		I rather to be there than to be in Gay Games or the regular Olympics — and I noticed that the competition between the Deaf peers tend to be very vicious and when the Deaf peers played hearing peers, they tend to lose the motivation and interest to do well.
		For a lot of gay people, this is the best way to showcase their talents.
	www.boifromtroy.com /?p=4014 (869 words)

	Gay and Lesbian Gay Games - The Gay Directory Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Gay Games is a quadriennial athletic and cultural event which brings together people from around the world.
		Based on the principles of inclusion and participation, the Gay Games welcomes all peopl
		International gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trangender festival, welcome to all, celebrating sport, culture and rights from 29 July to 5 August 2006.
	www.gaymoz.org /index.php?cat=80 (102 words)

	Gay Games VI
		Gay Games VI home contact us questions site map
		The Gay Games made its first journey to the Southern Hemisphere in the new millennium.
		Gay Games VI opened at Aussie Stadium on 2 November 2002, and the weeklong event used many venues from the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.
	www.gaygames.com /en/games/gg6 (98 words)

	Gay Dating Games
		Some people take their time to get to know you, but others prefer to cut to the chase by basically interviewing you for whichever position they’re looking to fill.
		Remember that the rules can always change and even if someone enters with a certain conscious or unconscious strategy in mind, you might be the partner that finally blows his game right out of the water.
		Finally, always heed the following sage advice: hate the game, not the player and you’ll stay much more positive no matter how many rolls of the dice lead to craps.
	www.cupidsreviews.com /article/Gay-Dating-Games.html (577 words)

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