Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Multisports, 1982: Dr. Tom Waddell was an Olympic decathlete who had a dream of holding a sports event geared to gay and lesbians, to shatter the stereotype of what being an athlete meant. He was thwarted in his attempts to call them [...]
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Moment #38: Gay Games III held in Vancouver, first outside U.S.
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Multisports, 1990: After being held twice in San Francisco, the Gay Games got more international when they were staged Aug. 4-11 in Vancouver. These were the first Gay Games I attended and I was hooked; I have been to every one [...]
Moment #56: Supreme Court rules against Gay Games in use of ‘Olympics’
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Sports, 1987: When former Olympic decathlete Tom Waddell wanted to start a multisport competition for gay and lesbian athletes, his original name was the Gay Olympics. But that did not sit well with the U.S. Olympic Committee, which sued to stop [...]
Moment #70: World OutGames forms after split with Federation of Gay Games
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Gay sports, 2003: It was not an amicable divorce. In 2001, the Federation of Gay Games awarded the 2006 Gay Games to Montreal. Just two years later, after charges and countercharges, the contract was still not signed and Chicago was awarded [...]
Gay Games: Tell your story
The Gay Games will be held in Cologne, Germany, from July 31-Aug. 7. In the run-up to the event, we would love to hear from athletes who will be competing. You can be an elite athlete, someone competing for the first time or in-between. Just tell us your story (why you’re going or your goals [...]
Gay Games: A swimmer’s amazing comeback
One in a series of first-person accounts by athletes attending the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, Germany, July 31-Aug. 7. By Brian Galyean I remember when I was 14 years old and sitting at home that hot Texas summer watching the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Carl Lewis was all over the news with his [...]
Gay Games announces party schedule
In the run-up to Gay Games VIII in Cologne, Germany, July 31-Aug. 7, we will be running releases from Gay Games organizers. This one deals with the various parties on tap for the event. If you watched any of the Vancouver Winter Games, you know that serious sports competition was followed by big celebrations. The [...]
Gay powerlifter wins big at British event
Chris Morgan, who has won gold medals at the Gay Games in Powerlifting, has won the “Best Lifter” award at the British Deadlift Championships. Outsports has featured articles in the past about Morgan, known as Chunky. He was lifting in the British drug-free single-lift championships, held in Horncastle, England, and made lifts of 462 pounds [...]
Cleveland pledges $700,000 for 2014 Gay Games
The Cleveland City Council on Monday pledged $700,000 to the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission to help the city’s bid to land the 2014 Gay Games. The news, first reported by Spangle Magazine, should provide a boost to Cleveland as it competes against Boston and Washington DC for the Games. The Federation of Gay Games will [...]
Video: Matthew Mitcham endorses Gay Games
Olympic gold medalist has taped a video encouraging people to participate in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, Germany. Not much to it, but Mitcham has not shied away from working with the gay sports movement. Share on Facebook