Gay Games Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
international multi-sport and cultural event
About Gay Games
The Gay Games is a worldwide sport and cultural event that promotes acceptance of sexual diversity, featuringlesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)athletes, artists and other individuals. Founded as the Gay Olympics, it was started in the United States in San Francisco, California, in 1982, as the brainchild of Olympic decathlete (Mexico City 1968) and medical doctor Tom Waddell, Brenda Young, and others, whose goals were to promote the spirit of inclusion and participation, as well as to promote the pursuit of personal growth in a sporting event. Waddell wanted to recreate the Olympics' power to bring people of various different backgrounds together through the international language of sport, and the organizers of the first event strived to accommodate differences and achieve gen
Gay Games Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 9 sections including: