Gay olympics

The Gay Games, held in June in New York City to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the modern start of the LGBT movement in the United States, "overtook the Olympics in size" with 10, athletes compared to 9, at the Barcelona Olympics and 10, at the Atlanta Olympics. The Gay Games is the world's largest LGBTQ+ sports and culture event, hosted once every four years in a different location around the world.

when is the next gay games

Join us inn Valencia in June for the next edition. At least 29 openly LGBTQ+ athletes are on Team USA’s Olympic roster this year, with most either playing basketball or rowing. A record-setting out LGBTQ+ athletes participated in the Tokyo Summer Olympics in , and this year there’s at least competing.

A record number of athletes openly identifying as LGBTQ+ are competing in the Paris Olympics. Activist groups see it as a massive leap for inclusion during a competition that organizers have pushed to center around inclusion and diversity. As the number of LGBTQ+ athletes competing at the Summer Olympics has shot up in the last two decades, possibly you’ve joined the growing queer audience tuning into the quadrennial Games.

It was founded in by a group that included Olympic decathlete Dr. Patterned after the Olympics and held every four years in a different city, the Gay Games came to encompass many different events, including track and field, wrestling, and bodybuilding. Today, it remains a significant athletic and cultural event which gives queer athletes of many nations a joyous place in which to excel.

We also have a large amount of material about the Games in the archives, which you can visit by making an appointment. Research guide on archival holdings related to Sports. Contact reference glbthistory. These primary source sets are just a small sampling of our digitized materials. Additional resources are available in our digital collections. Our extensive archival holdings are searchable through our catalog.

Sign In My Account. Primary Source Set: the Gay Games. Selected Source Set. Two medalists, Bodybuilder, Remembering founder Tom Waddell. Games posters in general collection. Volleyball team, Athletes in uniform, Runner by Golden Gate Bridge, Video of Games. Athletes at opening ceremony, Costumed torchbearers, Videos of the Gay Games.

Medalist with girlfriend, Article on archiving Games. Women of Gold Research guide on archival holdings related to Sports Contact reference glbthistory.