7 Fascatg Facts About the Gay Gam

Contents:

• 1990 GAY GAM ALIVE AGA ONLE EXHIBN
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE 1990 GAY GAM
• VANUVER HOSTS THE GAY GAM
• CELEBRATN '90. NEWSLETTER OF GAY GAM III & CULTURAL FTIVAL. PRI FTIVAL [19]89. VANUVER, CANADA, AUGT 4-11, 1990
• FILE F100 - NEWSPAPER CLIPPGS - VANUVER GAY GAM - 1990
• ITEM : 2018-020.1778 - 1990 CELEBRATN CENTRE : CELEBRATN '90 GAY GAM III AND CULTURAL FTIVAL
• THIS OLYMPIAN WAS OUTED THE 1980S. THE 1990 GAY GAM HELPED HER RENNECT TO SPORTS
• GAY GAM III 1990 VANUVER

1990 GAY GAM ALIVE AGA ONLE EXHIBN

Held Vanuver om Augt 4-11, 1990, Gay Gam III transformed the origally amatrish, small-sle event to an ternatnal sportg petn by brgg outsi of the Uned Stat for the first time. Gay Gam III also changed the cy of Vanuver.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE 1990 GAY GAM

Participants, anizers, and visors fondly remember the ways that Vanuver briefly beme a ‘gay cy, ’ and brought people together om different parts of Vanuver’s own 2SLGBTQIA+ muny. Although anizers faced discrimatn and difficulty when securg fundg, event spac, and legimacy, Gay Gam III reprents a moment of historic 2SLGBTQIA+ muny that extends beyond activism and to a celebratn. In the hop of pturg some of this celebratn, I have put together a mi booklet about the 1990 Gay Gam Vanuver.

The photos are sourced om the BC Gay and Lbian Archiv, whose digized llectns are full of credible sourc about 2SLGBTQIA+ history Canada cludg posters, pictur, and flyers. Explore their llectns onle for a glimpse to the past and for many more pictur and materials related to the 1990 Gay Gam.

Gay Gam III & Cultural Ftival.

VANUVER HOSTS THE GAY GAM

Celebratn ’90 Gay Gam III & Cultural Ftival took place Vanuver, Brish Columbia, between Augt 4th to 11th, 1990.

CELEBRATN '90. NEWSLETTER OF GAY GAM III & CULTURAL FTIVAL. PRI FTIVAL [19]89. VANUVER, CANADA, AUGT 4-11, 1990

Competn was open to all regardls of genr, sexual orientatn, or abily, keepg wh the Gay Gam’ guidg prcipl of “participatn, cln and personal bt.

Celebratn ’90 chronicl the fascatg eight-year journey taken by a small group of Vanuver amatr athlet which led to the first Gay Gam to be hosted outsi the Uned Stat.

Celebratn ’90: Gay Gam III & Cultural Ftival.

FILE F100 - NEWSPAPER CLIPPGS - VANUVER GAY GAM - 1990

In Augt 1982, Betty Baxter — one of Canada’s bt volleyball players — found herself San Francis for the gural Gay Gam. And for Amerins Tom Wadll, Pl Mart and Mark Brown — the creators of the “gay Olympics” — this was the tentn.

By the end of the year, ncrete steps were already beg ma to brg the Gay Gam to Vanuver. In 1986, at the Gay Gam II held San Francis, Wadll announced that the next gam would be held Vanuver. Perhaps the most vehement of disapproval me full-page ads placed lol newspapers the fall of 1989: “Time Is Runng Out — Concerng Gay Gam Vanuver.

ITEM : 2018-020.1778 - 1990 CELEBRATN CENTRE : CELEBRATN '90 GAY GAM III AND CULTURAL FTIVAL

Relig lears me out agast the monstratn of homophobia, and anizers for the gam were flood wh lls om those who wanted to volunteer.

Planng for the Gay Gam III — or Celebratn ‘90, as was lled — was turng to an immense effort.

“The cy beme a place where if you were gay or lbian or bi, you uld walk down the street and feel like this cy wel me. A number of LGBTQ sports leagu operate year-round, cludg gay and lbian curlg, hockey, tennis and roo leagu. Newsletter of Gay Gam III & Cultural Ftival.

THIS OLYMPIAN WAS OUTED THE 1980S. THE 1990 GAY GAM HELPED HER RENNECT TO SPORTS

Newspaper clippgs - Vanuver Gay Gam - 1990. 1990 Celebratn Centre: celebratn '90 gay gam III and cultural ftival.

Brish ColumbiaBetty Baxter was part of the anizg mtee for the 1990 Gay Gam Vanuver.

Then she found joy the Gay GamAthlet take part the openg ceremoni of the 1990 Gay Gam Vanuver. (Doug Cox, Cy of Vanuver Archiv)Betty Baxter scrib the 1990 Gay Gam Vanuver as "a healg balm. But 1982, after months of mours about her sexual orientatn, she was months later, she found herself San Francis watchg the first ever Gay Gam.

GAY GAM III 1990 VANUVER

"It was a really important moment for me to be able to e back om that, " she cherry tree se is the first-known AIDS memorial VanuverLike the Olympics, the Gay Gam tak place every four years. The last gam, Gay Gam X was held 2018 Paris.

The next Gay Gam is schled for 2022 Hong Kong.