Sirius to
Broadcast from Chicago
SIRIUS Satellite Radio and Gay Games VII announced today that SIRIUS
OutQ, the nation’s first and only 24/7 radio channel for the GLBT
community, will be the exclusive national radio broadcast partner
for Gay Games VII, an international sports and cultural festival
being held in Chicago
from July 15-22, 2006.
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Gay Games Snags
Bell,
ESPN, Gatorade
The City of Chicago has
announced that British pop
superstar Andy Bell of Erasure would perform at the
Opening Ceremony for the 2006 Gay Games, and that
Gatorade and ESPN had joined as major sponsors of the
event.
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Gay Games
Registration Closes June 15
The late registration period for
all Gay Games VII sports and culture programs will close at
midnight, U.S. CDT, on Thursday, June 15, and late
fees for registrations will go up starting June 5.
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Logo to
Sponsor Gay Games
Gay Games Chicago has announced that Logo has become a Premium
Global Sponsor of the 2006 Chicago Gay Games. More |
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Gay Games Firing
What would the Gay Games be
without its executive director being fired? For the third Games in a
row, it has happened.
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Chicago
Gay Games Now Counts 11,000 Committed Participants
Just three
weeks after reaching 10,000 participants, Chicago organizers
of the 2006 Gay Games announced today that they now have
more than 11,000 participants from more than 50 countries
committed to attending the 7th Gay Games Sports &
Cultural Festival, 15-22 July 2006.
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Gay Games
Medals Unveiled
Check out the design for the
gold, silver and bronze medals to be awarded at the Gay
Games.
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10,000
Participants Now Committed To Chicago 2006 Gay Games
Chicago organizers of the 2006 Gay Games announced today
that they now have more than 10,000 participants from more
than 45 countries committed to attending the 7th Gay Games,
15-22 July 2006.
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Gay Games
Rowing Clears a Hurdle
The body that initially rejected a request by the Gay Games
to have rowing at its venue reconsidered its decision
Tuesday March 7 and voted 3-2 to allow the competition.
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Louganis to Host 100 Champions
in Chicago
Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis will serve as co-host
of “A Night of
100 Champions,” a gala to benefit the Chicago 2006 Gay
Games. Scheduled for
Saturday, 22 April 2006,
the event will honor top U.S and international sports
legends and top artists at the Cadillac Club at Soldier
Field. More |
Waiver
Granted for HIV+ Athletes for Gay Games
A U.S. federal
blanket waiver has been approved allowing non-U.S. citizens
living with HIV/AIDS to travel to the United States to
participate in or attend the Gay Games 2006.
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Martina Navratilova to Open
Outgames
Martina Navratilova has
joined the Outgames Circle of Champions and will actively
participate in the International Conference on LGBT Human
Rights, which will be held for three days before the Opening
Ceremony of the Outgames. The world-renowned tennis champion
and sports legend will also co-present the Declaration of
Montréal at the Opening Ceremony.
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2006 Gay Games Claim 8,000
Committed to Chicago
Chicago organizers of the 2006 Gay Games announced today
that they now have more than 8,000 participants from more
than 30 countries committed to attending the 7th Gay
Games,15-22 July 2006.
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A Visit to Montreal
At the end of August, Joseph McCombs had the opportunity to
visit Montréal, site of the 2006 Outgames. While there, he
saw five elements of the city that convinced him that the 1st
World Outgames will be a success.
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Cologne
Selected as 2010 Gay Games Site
Cologne, Germany, was
selected as the prospective host city for Gay Games VIII in
2010, the Federation of Gay Games announced. Cologne was
selected at the conclusion of an extensive bidding process
in which Johannesburg and Paris also sought to host the
Games.
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Three groups
join Montreal for conference
Three major organizations
from the United States—the National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force, the Gay & Lesbian Athletics
Foundation, and the National Organization for Women – have agreed to partner with Montréal 2006 in the
organization of the ‘The Right to Be Different’
International Conference on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender (LGBT) Rights.
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Elton John a
Gay Games Ambassador
The Federation of Gay
Games announced that Sir Elton John has become a Gay Games
Ambassador.
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Outgames
Announces 9,480 Registrants
“With now 9,480 people registered,” explained Ms. Louise
Roy, CEO of the 1st World Outgames, “numerous prestigious
partners, notably the Governments of Canada and of Québec,
the City of Montréal, Tourisme Montréal, along with major
sponsors, including Bell Canada, Labatt and Radio-Canada,
and a solid team in place, we now know that we will attain
our objectives on every level.
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Who Finds This Photo
'Offensive?'
 Homophobes
opposed to the 2006 Chicago Gay Games are attacking another sponsor
and using images from Outsports to promote their campaign against
the sporting event. One athlete demanded that his picture be
removed.
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Gay Games
Names 'Champions'
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Styx co-founder Chuck
Panozzo, and U.S. Women’s World Cup Champion soccer goalie
Saskia Webber are just three of more than 50 “2006 Gay Games
Champions” announced by the Chicago organizers of Gay Games
VII Sports and Cultural Festival.
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HRC a Gay
Games Sponsor
Chicago
Games, Inc. the host of the 2006 Chicago Gay Games,
announced that the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the USA’s
largest advocacy group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender rights, had become a global sponsor.
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S.F. Mayor supports
Outgames
The Mayor of San Francisco, in a letter sent to the Mayor of
Montréal, GLISA
and the Organising Committee of the 1st World
Outgames Montréal 2006, gave his support to the largest LGBT
sport event in history and wished the city and the Outgames
great success. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors also
unanimously issued a proclamation recognising and honouring
the Organising Committee of the Outgames.
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Talent Sought
for Gay Games
Chicago Games, Inc.,
the organizers of the 2006 Gay Games VII Sports & Cultural
Festival, issued a call for talented individuals across a
spectrum of performance categories for participation in the
opening and closing ceremonies for the 2006 Gay Games.
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Beach
Volleyball Player Latest Gay Games Ambassador
Leigh-Ann Naidoo, who in 2004
was a member of the first African team to compete in beach
volleyball at the Olympic games, has become the first
African member of the Gay Games Ambassadors, an
international group of prominent individuals supporting the
goals and principles of the quadrennial Gay Games.
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Outgames Host Rendez-Vous
Festivities
“The 1st World
Outgames Montréal 2006 will have the pleasure of welcoming
almost 200 international guests who will join 25,000
Montrealers for this year’s ‘Rendez-Vous d'Or’ festivities,
which begin Thirsday and continue until 4 September,”
Montréal 2006 Co-Presidents Ms. Lucie Duguay and Mr. Mark
Tewksbury announced today.
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Olympic Swimmer Joins
Outgames
Olympic champion Mark Tewksbury, is proud
to announce that Ingi Thor Jonsson, a former Olympic
swimming champion from
Iceland, has joined the
Athletes’ Circle of the 1st World Outgames
Montréal 2006. In addition to joining the Circle, Mr.
Jonsson will act as an ambassador for the Outgames at many
major gay sports events around the globe.
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Chicago vs.
Montreal: A Split Decision
In 2006, for the first time, the Gay Games and its organizers will
share the spotlight with a rival event, the Outgames, set for
Montreal. A status report, less than one year out.
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Gay Games Inspect Potential
2010 Hosts
A three-person site inspection team from the international
Federation of Gay Games (FGG) is in the midst of a tour of
Cologne, Johannesburg and Paris, the three candidate cities
to host Gay Games VIII in 2010.
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Orbitz
Partners With Gay Games
Online travel site Orbitz was named the official online
travel agency for Gay Games VII.
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Olympic
Silver Medalist New Gay Games Ambassador
Ji Wallace, who won a silver
medal in the trampoline at the 2000 Summer Olympics in
Sydney, is the newest Gay Games ambassador for the 2006
event in Chicago.
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Olympic
Cyclists, Former NFL Player, New Gay Games Ambassadors
Petra Rossner and
Judith Arndt of Germany, Olympic medalists and international
cycling stars, have become the latest world class athletes
to join the Gay Games Ambassadors Program, officials of the
Federation of Gay Games announced today. Plus, Dave Kopay is
ambassador.
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Montreal: 4,800 Registered
“We now have 4,800 people registered for the 1st World
Outgames Montréal 2006,” Ms. Louise Roy, CEO of Montréal
2006, has announced. “After our promotional activities over
the last two weeks in the United States, France and Belgium,
we are pleased to report that interest in the 1st World
Outgames has not diminished at all over the last eight
months.” More |
Gay Games Adopts Anti-Doping
Policy for Powerlifting
Chicago organizers of the Gay Games have adopted a new
anti-doping policy for powerlifting that rewards athletes
who demonstrate that they are drug free in the year leading
up to the 2006 Gay Games. Powerlifters must sign up for the
new ‘Out-of-Competition Athletes Register’ by July 15, one
year before Gay Games VII opens. More |
Outgames USA Registration
Week
United States residents will have a special offer from April
29 to May 8, 2005 to register for the Montréal 2006 Outgames .
They will get a 10% discount off the regular registration
fee for sport and cultural activities or for the
International Conference on LGBT rights.
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Equipo Mexico Formed
During a special Mexico Registration Day for the 1st World
Outgames in 2006, on 16 April 2005, a new LGBT sport team,
Equipo México, was formed with the coordination of Said Uriel Pulido Aranda.
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Gay Games
Sets May Registration Drive
Chicago organizers
kick off the Official Gay Games VII Worldwide Registration
Drive in May, with a weekend of Registration Parties
scheduled for May 14 and 15.
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Gay Games
Says 2,000 Have Registered
"Gay Games registration figures are running well ahead of
forecast,” said Gay Games VII Co-Chair Sam Coady, as the
group announced that 2,000 people have registered.
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Outgames Says
3,000 Have Registered
The 2006 Outgames set for Montreal already have 3,000
registrations, the organization has announced.
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Cities Intend to Bid for 2010 Gay Games
Groups
from Cologne, Johannesburg and Paris have submitted letters
of intent to bid for the eighth edition of the quadrennial
Gay Games, to be staged in 2010, officials from the
Federation of Gay Games announced.
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FGG Sets
Sports Conference for February
The
international Federation of Gay Games confirmed plans to
hold a conference in February in London designed to allow
representatives throughout the LGBT sports community to meet
and talk about the opportunities and challenges for the
future. Titled “Building Bridges for the Future of LGBT
Sports,” the conference, hosted by London-based Out For
Sport, will be held Feb. 12-13 and moderated by a
professional facilitator.
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Gay Games
Partners With Mardi Gras
The 2006 Gay Games and the New Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi
Gras today announced a multi-year international partnership
designed to strengthen two of the world’s largest
international gay and lesbian events.
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Chicago
Signs Sponsorship Deal For Sign Language Interpretation
Chicago-based Deaf Communication by Innovation (DCI), a
gay-owned and deaf-owned company, will coordinate
International Sign interpreters for the 2006 Gay Games in
Chicago. More |
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London
Powerlifter Chris Morgan Named Gay Games Ambassador
For powerlifter Chris Morgan
of London, the inspiration to combat stereotypes and
homophobia led him
to become a Gay Games
Ambassador. More |
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Early Gay Games
VII Registration Ending Soon
Chicago
organizers of the Gay Games VII Sports and Cultural Festival
are reminding worldwide LGBT athletes and artists that early
registration for the 2006 quadrennial sports and culture
event closes on Friday, December 31, 2004.
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Berlin to
Bid for OutGames 2009
At the membership meeting on Dec. 2, 2004, the members
of Games Berlin voted 16 to 4 to bid for Outgames 2009.
The Board and the Executive Directors were instructed to
gather the local, national and international support
necessary to reactivate the Outgames bid which is
currently on hold.
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"The Future is Bright"
When I began to work for the
Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association, I had no
idea what to expect. As a seasoned professional from the
mainstream sports world, I anticipated the usual challenges
that come with the task of building sport.
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Gay Games
Chicago Signs Deal with Q Television
Chicago organizers of Gay Games VII today announced the
signing of a contract with the California-based Q Television
Network (Pink Sheets:QBID) granting the new gay network
television, radio and Internet broadcast rights in a deal
valued at more than $3.2 million.
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FGG Announces
Conference and Scholarships
The Federation of Gay Games (FGG) announced it would
organize an open-invitation conference discussing ways to
unify the ever-growing LGBT sports movement during the first
six months of 2005. More |
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21 Groups Become
Gay Games Partners
Led by
Team San Francisco, 21 of the world’s LGBT sports and
culture organizations have become “Official Gay Games
Partners,” joining a brand new innovative membership program
designed to more formally link the Gay Games with the LGBT
sports and culture community. More |
OutGames Boasts
1,750 Registrations
“Registration for the 1st World
Outgames Montréal 2006 has just passed the 1,750 mark, which
is in line with our forecasts for 22 months from the event,”
Ms. Louise Roy, Montréal 2006 CEO, announced.
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Team Sydney
Supports GLISA, OutGames
Team Sydney is pleased to
announce that it has submitted its membership application
for GLISA. The board of Team Sydney feel that membership of
both the Federation of Gay Games and GLISA is very much in
line with our goals and objectives and complements us in
fulfilling our mandate to promote sporting opportunities for
our members in Sydney. More |
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GLISA Welcomes Six New Memers
“Our wildest dreams are coming
true right in front of our eyes,” commented Thomas Kevin
Dolan, founding member and co-president of Gay and Lesbian
International Sport Association. “We have accepted and
approved another six membership applications bringing our
new team total to 20,” announced Dolan today.
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GLISA Reopens
Bidding for 2nd OutGames
“GLISA will reopen the bidding process for
the 2nd World Outgames in 2009,” Rachel Corbett,
executive director of the organization, has announced. “This
decision was made in response to expressions of interest
from several cities in Europe and North America, with the
agreement of Games Berlin.” More |
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Team SF Reaffirms Gay
Games Commitment
Hearing from a solid showing of local sports and cultural
leaders, the Team San Francisco board voted Saturday in
favor of several motions reaffirming the organization's
support of the Gay Games. They also voted to support the
OutGames in limited fashion.
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IGLA Offers Commitment
to Gay Games; Rejects OutGames
At its annual general meeting of team representatives held
October 6, 2004, International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics
(IGLA) voted to continue its close relationship with the
Federation of Gay Games (FGG) and rejected a proposal to
join the Gay and Lesbian International Sports Alliance (GLISA).
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Skating Champion Rudy
Galindo Joins Gay Games Ambassadors
Rudy Galindo is thrilled to join the Gay Games Ambassadors
in support of the quadrennial LGBT sports event, now more
than 20 years old. Galindo will also serve as Honorary
Figure Skating Chair for Chicago's Gay Games VII, taking
place from July 15-22, 2006.
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Q Television to Broadcast
Gay Games
Chicago
organizers of Gay Games VII announced a multi-million dollar
cash and barter deal assigning television and radio
broadcast rights to the Q Television network.
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French Sports Group Gives
its Unreserved Support to the Gay Games Movement
At its July 2004 Executive Committee meeting, the Fédération
Sportive Gaie et Lesbienne voted virtually unanimously to
give its unreserved support to the upcoming Gay Games to be
held in Chicago.
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World Registration Day for
OutGames
On November 13, Montréal 2006 expects to significantly
increase the number of registrations to the Outgames. Almost
700 people have already registered, which is 15 percent
higher than the numbers originally forecast for the time
period. More |
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Early Registration for Culture Opens: Something for Everyone
Registration for the four official cultural activities in
the 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006 programme is
now open. More
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Olympic Medallists Holly Metcalf and Brian
Orser Join the Montreal 2006 Athletes’ Circle
American Olympic rowing champion, Holly Metcalf, and
Canadian Olympic figure skating champion, Brian Orser,
became the two first members of the 1st World
Outgames Montréal 2006 Athletes’ Circle.
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GLISA: Playing Its Part in Reuniting the GLBT Sporting World
GLISA
received an invitation on the evening of 6 October 2004 from
Games Berlin e.V. to enter into negotiations with the
Federation of Gay Games, with a view towards achieving
reconciliation, and potentially reunification, of the global
GLBT sports movement. More |
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Gay Games or OutGames? The Conflict Over Berlin's Bid
The Gay Games have existed now for 22 years. They are an
international super-event and the primary expression of gay
and lesbian sport and joie de vivre in the LGBT sports
community. Now there is a rival event called the Outgames
competing for its place in the LGBT sports calender.
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Games Berlin
Aims to Unite OutGames and Gay Games
At the meeting of the GLBT sports community in Berlin on
Oct. 6, 2004 the gay and lesbian sports clubs and groups
displayed rare unity. The split in the international gay and
lesbian sports scene into the Federation of Gay Games and
the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association was seen
as a problem in the long run.
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Esera Tuaolo Becomes Gay Games Ambassador
Former National Football League player Esera Tuaolo has
become the latest Gay Games Ambassador promoting the event
itself and the Gay Games movement's ideals of
"Participation, Inclusion and Personal Best."
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Five Groups Become Inaugural GLISA Members
The five organizations that form the inaugural members are:
Gay + Lesbian Rowing Federation,
Running Moose Squad, Out to Swim, Équipe Montréal and
International Association of Gay & Lesbian Country Western
Dance Clubs. More |
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Montreal Signs Deal with Air
Canada
“A tripartite agreement has been reached between Tourisme
Montréal, Air Canada and Montréal 2006,” Ms. Louise Roy,
chief executive officer for Montréal 2006 announced today.
“For Air Canada and its partners,” explained Ms. Roy, “this
represents an overall contribution of nearly $500,000.”
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Chicago Gay Games Seeks Board Members
Chicago
Games, Inc., organizer of Gay Games VII, is seeking new
Board members. Experience or background
in corporate travel, foundations, corporate fundraising,
donors, band or choral, culture, logistics, health care or
planning and production of large scale events is desired. More |
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First World Outgames Visit the Eurogames
On Thursday, 29 July 2004, the 1st World Outgames
Co-President and three-time Olympic medalist Mark Tewksbury,
co-hosted the opening ceremonies of the Eurogames in Munich
with popular German television host Isabel Varell before a
crowd of 30,000 spectators at the Olympic Hall.
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Melissa Etheridge Signs Up to Support Gay Games
Internationally acclaimed rock-star
Melissa Etheridge signed on today as the newest Gay Games
Ambassador. More |
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Chicago Gay Games Delegation in Munich for EuroGames
Seven Chicago Gay Games VII representatives
traveled to Munich, Germany, to attend the 2004 EuroGames.
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Federation Concludes Successful Chicago Gay Games Site Visit
Chicago Games, Inc. (CGI), the organizing committee for Gay
Games VII in 2006, is on or ahead of schedule according to
the international Federation of Gay Games (FGG)
representatives who attended their first official site visit
from July 11-13, 2004, two years before the seventh
quadrennial event opens in July of 2006.
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Bearse a
Gay Games Ambassador
Longtime
film and TV star and Director, Amanda Bearse, has become the
most recent Gay Games Ambassador, joining other athletes,
artists and celebrities who are lending their support to the
movement.
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Gay Games
Registration Now Open
Chicago
Games and the Federation of Gay Games announced that online registration for Gay Games VII has begun.
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Outgames
Registration Starts June 7
The mayor of Montreal registered for the 2006 event in his
city in a ceremony six days before the public can register.
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GLISA
Launches Website
The newly formed Gay & Lesbian International Sports
Association
launched its
website. Available on the site are GLISA’s Founding
Document, a Membership Application Package, a Request for
Proposal (RFP) to host the 2nd World Outgames in 2009, and
contact information for the GLISA office and its Board of
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Gay
Games VII Registration to Start in June
Chicago
organizers of Gay Games VII announced that their new website
– GayGamesChicago.org – will launch May 28, with
online early registration for the 2006 Gay Games going
“live” the first week of June.
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GLISA and
Montreal Sign Outgames Agreement
“GLISA [the Gay and Lesbian
International Sport Association] has signed a
partnership agreement with Rendez-Vous Montréal 2006,” Mr.
Thomas Dolan, Founding Board member of the international
association, announced during a press conference.
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Team
South Florida to Host Chicago reps
Team South Florida has set a May 7 meeting to discuss the
Gay Games with Chicago representatives.
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Billy Bean a Gay Games Ambassador
Former major league baseball player Billy Bean has become an
Ambassador of the Federation of Gay Games.
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Chicago
Adds Five Sports
Flag Football, Rugby,
Darts, Billiards and DanceSport will be hosted in Chicago.
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| King Named Gay Games Ambassador
Tennis great Billie Jean King has become an official
Ambassador of the Federation of Gay Games.
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Montreal
Event Renamed 'OutGames'
The 2006 multisport event in Montreal is now called "OutGames.
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Cologne
to Host FGG Meeting
Cologne, Germany, will be the host of the 2004 annual
meeting of the Federation of Gay Games.
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Chicago To Host '06 Gay Games
Chicago was awarded the rights to host Gay Games VII
in July 2006.
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