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June 2, 2013
Gay Games 2018 bid could go to London, Paris or Limerick

The three European cities were voted over Amsterdam and Orlando as finalists to host the Gay Games X

London could host the Gay Games 2018, having been shortlisted with Paris and Limerick.

Not to be confused with outGames, the Gay Games, started in San Francisco in 1982, are hosted every four years and are open to people of any sexual orientation.

If London wins the Gay Games bid, the events will likely be hosted in the city’s Olympic Stadium.

London mayor Boris Johnson said: ‘This is fantastic news and a testimony to the hard work of the London Gay Games bid team.

May 31, 2013
Cycling, eating, swimming, and dancing in the sun in Copenhagen

Denmark’s capital city continues to surprise and impress with its nordic cool and relaxed charm

There was an enormous and slow-moving queue at the EasyJet bag-drop. I felt quite righteous as I breezed by with my carry-on luggage – channeling my inner-George Clooney (circa ‘Up In The Air’), streamlining my travel and my life to zen-like minimalism.

May 27, 2013
Mariela Castro pulls Cuban team from Outgames, cites organizers' snub

Cuba’s first daughter responds to the ‘hostile’ decision of World Outgames organizers, who revoked their invitation that she be co-chair of the human rights chapter

Mariela Castro, a vocal advocate for LGBT rights in Cuba and niece of former dictator Fidel Castro, has pulled the Cuban team from participating in July’s World Outgames.

According to Mexican sports magazine Esto, Castro said that Outgames organizers revoked their offer to make her co-chair of the human rights chapter for the games, later saying she is only allowed to attend as a speaker.

May 17, 2013
Time for the gays to get wet in Sydney

GSN meet Australian LGBT swimming club the Wett Ones

Continuing our series of profiling the LGBT sports organizations of the world, we meet Ryan Bennett from Sydney’s LGBT swimming club the Wett Ones.

When was the Wett Ones club established?

We were established in October 1991 making us the oldest LGBT swim club in Australia. The club was very proud to celebrate our 20th anniversary in 2011.
 
Who established the club?

May 2, 2013
Team Sydney declares victory in fight against gay hate in sport

LGBT sports organization confident that homophobia in sport is ‘not really an issue’ in Australia

As professional sportspeople around the world tentatively begin to be open about their sexuality, there has been a lot of discussion in the media about how to create a safe environment for LGBT people in sport.

It seems that Australia may be leading the way. We spoke with Ian Wilby, president of LGBT sports organization Team Sydney, to find out more about their work and why they’re not focusing on homophobia in sport.

When was Team Sydney established?

April 30, 2013
Footballers pressure FIFA for action against gay hate

LGBT football association throws its weight behind calls for FIFA to investigate claims that Nigeria is actively excluding lesbians from the women’s team

While Nigeria’s Football Association has denied claims that lesbians are being excluded from the country’s national team, the International Gay and Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA) is backing calls for international governing body FIFA (the international soccer organization) to investigate.

We spoke with Hans Laursen, IGLFA’s communications officer, to learn more about the organization and their work in tackling homophobia in the sport of football.

Why was IGLFA established?

April 28, 2013
Toronto slams Atlanta in gay waterpolo

Toronto Triggerfish claim the Polopalooza championship by defeating Atlanta

Polopalooza is the annual LGBT water polo competition hosted by the Toronto Triggerfish (reportedly the largest LGBT water polo club in the world).  The 2013 event has just concluded with the final play-off match completed today, Sunday 28th April.

April 20, 2013
Fighting for equality in Australian sport

GSN speaks with Team Melbourne – the LGBT sports organization taking a leading role in achieving equality in sport

Australia is a nation that loves its sport and its sporting heroes.

We spoke with Dane McManus from Team Melbourne who are working hard to ensure that LGBT sportspeople can continue to play an active role in the sporting life of Australia.

When was Team Melbourne established?

April 9, 2013
Gay Games allows public to probe bidding cities

The Federation of Gay Games is deliberating over who should win the right to host the event out of London, Paris, Amsterdam, Orlando and Limerick

The Federation of Gay Games (FGG) have decided to allow the public to probe the bidding cities who wish to host the event.

Amsterdam, Limerick, London, Orlando and Paris are all hoping to host the 2018 Gay Games, which will be the tenth four-yearly event.

Out of the 300 questions asked, they range from the sports that will take place to the inclusion of all orientations and backgrounds of participants.

March 8, 2013
Sports heroes tackling gay-hate in Eastern Europe

GSN meets the European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation who are playing a leading role in fighting homophobia

We meet Klaus Heusslein – co-president of the European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF) and find out that the EGLSF are doing a lot more than just deliving the LGBT EuroGames.

When was the EGLSF established?

March 5, 2013
Get sporty with CDG Brazil

GSN meets the LGBT sports organization of Brazil, based in São Paulo

Continuing our series of profiling LGBT sports clubs and organizations around, in we catch up Erico dos Santos – president of Comité Desportivo LGBT Brasileiro (CDG Brazil).

When was CDG Brazil established?

CDG Brazil was created in 2008 as part of an initiative to promote the human rights of LGBT people in Brazil, holding sporting events across the country and encouraging athletes to participate in international events like the Gay Games and Outgames.

February 28, 2013
And the winner is Miami Beach!

World Out Games 2017 has been awarded to Miami Beach

Reykjavík or Miami Beach? It’s a tough choice but that’s the decision that the World Out Games have been grappling with today at their meeting in Antwerp.

After site visits to both cities, delegates from as far afield as Los Angeles, Mexico, Manchester, Australia and Tonga gathered together for final presentations, deliberations, and a vote - which has ultimately gone the way of Miami Beach.

February 14, 2013
Not drowning, waving with the gay swimmers

GSN profiles LGBT aquatics club Northern Wave in north west England and finds they are diving in to a range of events

Continuing our series of profiling the LGBT sports clubs around the world, in this issue we catch up with Donald Vaughan and Trevor Burchick MBE of Manchester’s aquatics club Northern Wave in north west England.

When was the Northern Wave club established?

Northern Wave was established in 1998. It started as an NHS [National Health Service] project to begin to tackle heart disease in Greater Manchester, the project was called Team Manchester.

February 3, 2013
The gay sports group getting Zurich moving

GSN visits Zurich and meets the local LGBT sports organization

As part of our continuing series profiling LGBT sports clubs around the world, I’d travelled to Zürich to meet the team from Gay Sport Zurich – the multi-sports umbrella organization that coordinates sporting life for the gays and lesbians of this vibrant city.

February 1, 2013
From yoga to theater, the gay sports group uniting Brussels

With over 700 members and a 20 year history, Brussels Gay Sports group keeps innovating

Over 20 years, Brussels Gay Sports (BGS) has gone from a volleyball club to one of the biggest LGBT organizations in the country, attracting 30 different nationalities and doing far more than just gay sports.

In our continuing quest to meet LGBT sports clubs around the world, we catch up with Bruno Olislaeger, president of Brussels Gay Sports.

When was BGS established?

January 26, 2013
Dive in to an ocean of gay swimming in Auckland

GSN meets LGBT aquatics club Team Auckland Masters Swimming

Continuing our series of profiling the LGBT sports clubs around the world, in this issue we meet Damien Strogen - president of Team Auckland Masters Swimming (TAMS).

When was the TAMS club established?

We were formally set up in 1992. Ron Judd initiated the creation of TAMS. The idea germinated in 1990 at the Vancouver Gay Games and came into being 1992 with poolside coaching two times per week and registration as a masters club.

January 15, 2013
Dive in to gay swimming in Amsterdam

We meet Amsterdam’s LGBT aquatics club

Continuing our series of profiling the LGBT sports clubs around the world, in this issue we catch up with Remco Kobus - president of Gay Swim Amsterdam.

When was the Gay Swim Amsterdam club established?

The club was established in 1995 by Bob van Schijndel.

Is it just a swimming club or do you include other activities?

January 15, 2013
Swim with the gay dolphins in Stockholm

GSN meets the Stockholm Dolphins, the city's LGBT swimming club

Continuing our series profiling the world’s LGBT sports clubs, we meet Mats Grindal, one of the founders of the Stockholm Dolphins Swim Club.

When was the Stockholm Dolphins swim club established?

We founded the club in December 1999.

January 9, 2013
Gay swimmers do it with Different Strokes

GSN meets the team from Wellington’s LGBT aquatics club in New Zealand

Continuing our series of getting to know the world’s LGBT sports clubs, in this issue we head to New Zealand to meet Martin Kaulback, Club Captain of Different Strokes - the LGBT aquatics club from Wellington.

How did Different Strokes start?

Different Strokes was established in 2008 by three swimmers - Hamish Allardice, David Huxford and myself.

Is Different Strokes just a swimming club or does it include other activities?

January 7, 2013
It gets wetter in Seattle

The annual LGBT aquatics championships will be drenching the state of Washington in 2013

International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics (IGLA) is the organization that brings the world’s LGBT aquatics clubs together, sharing information and knowledge as well as staging an annual championships for LGBT competitors in swimming, diving, open water, synchronized swimming, and water polo.

We caught up with Jason Stone, head of the organizing committee for IGLA2013 to take a look at plans for this year’s event which will be held in the US city of Seattle.

December 17, 2012
Meet the Sharks: Melbourne's gay swimmers

GSN learns how gay swim team the Melbourne Glamourhead Sharks have become a terror of the competitive pool and a welcoming club for all LGBT people

Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water... But the Melbourne Glamourhead Sharks aren't anything to be afraid of – particularly if you are a lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans swimmer.

We caught up with Sean Gallie from the Australian aquatics club to find out more:

When was the club established?

The club was established in 2001 years ago by a group of swimmers who wanted to compete in the Gay Games in Sydney in 2002.

December 6, 2012
Belgian PM says country is going backwards on gay tolerance

The Prime Minister of Belgium has stated that anti-gay hate is on the rise setting the country on a backwards path from tolerance

Tolerance in Belgium towards LGBT people has been eroding  in the last three to four years, suggested Elio Di Rupo, the country's Prime Minister.

December 4, 2012
Two cities shortlisted in bid to host World Out Games 2017

The race to host major LGBT sports, human rights and culture event heats up

Openly gay Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo will today host a press conference which will announce the two cities that have been shortlisted to bid to host World Out Games 2017.

Gay Star News can reveal that the shortlisted cities are Miami Beach and Reykjavik.

October 10, 2012
Gay Games 2014 - Cleveland? Ready!

The ninth Gay Games will be held in the US state of Ohio

Planning holidays is definitely one of my top three hobbies, so I was excited to learn that the ninth Gay Games had been awarded to the US city of Cleveland in the state of Ohio.

Excited or intrigued? To be honest Cleveland hasn't really been featuring in my list of holiday hotspots (making lists is also one of my top three hobbies), so I caught up with Tom Nobbe - executive director of the 2014 Gay Games - to get the low-down on Cleveland.

October 5, 2012
Denver pulls out of bid to host World OutGames 2017

Four cities are left in the running as World OutGames confirms that US city Denver has ruled itself out of consideration

Paul Brummitt, chairperson of selection committee of the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association (GLISA - the organization that runs the World Outgames every four years) has confirmed today that US city Denver has withdrawn its bid to host the 2017 World OutGames.