Cleveland Synergy Foundation, the group granted the right to host the 2014 Gay Games until the Federation of Gay Games stripped them of that right in July, filed a lawsuit today against the Federation of Gay Games. The City of Cleveland and two other defendants are also named in the suit. The FGG is being [...]
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Gay Games ban random drug testing
It seems that cooler heads have prevailed as the Federation of Gay Games has voted, 48-4, to permanently ban across-the-board random drug testing at the Games. From Roger Brigham of the Bay Area Reporter: The immediate effect of the motion is to restore the policies used in 2006 in Chicago, in which three sports (bodybuilding, [...]
Cleveland Synergy loses Gay Games
While the Games will remain in the Cleveland/Akron area, the bidding organization, Cleveland Synergy Foundation, has lost the license to host the games. This is not a surprise, as we have been reporting on this move for almost a month. From the Federation of Gay Games: The Federation of Gay Games ended its relationship with [...]
Breaking: More on Gay Games Cleveland
Updated July 19: City of Cleveland has sent a letter to Cleveland Synergy Foundation halting funding of the Gay Games organizing committee. Cleveland Synergy then sent a statement regarding the FGG possibly pulling their Gay Games license. Also, Roger Brigham of the Bay Area Reporter has a great update, including the resignation of a Cleveland [...]
Letter: Cleveland halts Gay Games funds
Outsports has obtained a copy of a letter sent from the City of Cleveland to the Cleveland Synergy Foundation stating that the Federation of Gay Games is terminating Synergy’s license agreement for Gay Games 2014 and the City is halting all payments to Synergy. The letter, dated July 7, 2010, is from Tracey A. Nichols, [...]