Tag Archive | FGG
FGG: 36 Sports Confirmed for Gay Games 11 Hong Kong 2022
The Federation of Gay Games (FGG), together with the Gay Games 11 Hong Kong 2022’s management team, has announced the 36 sports which will be offered at the event, hosted in Hong Kong in November 2022. For the first time in the history of the Gay Games, E-Sports and Dodgeball are among the sports to […]
European Lesbian* Conference, Kiev, Ukraine, 12-14 April 2019
The second European Lesbian* Conference will take place in Kiev, Ukraine, from 12 – 14 April 2019. Based on attendance at the 2017 conference in Vienna, where over 400 women were present, the Kiev event expects several hundred participants. During a session entitled Building Support via Sport for Women*, representatives from FGG, EGLSF, and […]
Federation of Gay Games: Give the Gift of FGG Scholarship
That’s why Kevin, and millions of LGBT+ athletes and artists just like him, mean the world to the Federation of Gay Games. Before receiving a scholarship to attend Gay Games 10 | Paris 2018, Kevin could only imagine a place where people from every corner of the world came together by the thousands, to celebrate […]
Paris hosts Gay Games amid surge in anti-gay aggression in France
(Reuters) Athletes from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Russia were among the thousands of people convening in Paris on Saturday for the opening ceremonies of the 10th Gay Games, which aim to raise awareness about LGBT rights. They paraded behind their respective national flags in a stadium in western Paris, in celebrations attended by Mayor Anne […]
FGG Announces 2018 Tom Waddell Awards
The Federation of Gay Games (FGG) has announced that Paul Oostenbrug and Gert McMullin are the recipients of the 2018 Tom Waddell Award. Named in the memory of the founder of the Gay Games, the Tom Waddell Award is the highest honour bestowed by the FGG. The Dr. Tom Waddell Trophy was a gift from […]
Federation of Gay Games Official Statement: Paris 2018 – Gay Games 10
Recent events regarding participants from Taiwan and China have elevated the need for the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) to state its position on matters at hand regarding nationality, ethnic origin and political beliefs. · The FGG looks forward to Paris 2018 – Gay Games 10 organizers successfully hosting 10,317 participants from 91 countries, 4-12 […]
FGG: Afro Games 9-14 December 2018
The FGG is delighted to announce the first LGBT+ international sports event in Africa! The event is being organised in partnership with South African FGG member organisation, KZN LGBT Recreation. For updates, you can follow at: Facebook.com/AfroGames2018
