Gay Games Collection 1982-2010

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Gay Games Collection 1982-2010

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Programs, clippings, flyers, correspondence, articles, news releases, competition schedules, competition results, advertising pamphlets, graphic design documents, and notebooks documenting the Gay Games (formerly the Gay Athletic Games), an athletic event founded in 1982 by Tom Waddell and held in various locations in the United States and abroad at four year intervals between 1982 and 2010.

1.0 linear foot.; [19 folders]

ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6649172

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Federation of Gay Games.

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San Francisco Arts and Athletics organized the first Gay Games in 1982. The organization became the Federation of Gay Games in 1997. From the description of Federation of Gay Games records, 1982-1994. (San Francisco Public Library). WorldCat record id: 173620979 ...

Gay Games

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Historical Note The Gay Games was an athletic event and festival first held in San Francisco between August 28 and September 5,1982. The event was founded by Tom Waddell, and it was first referred to as the Gay Olympics as it was modeled after the international Olympic Games. Controversy surrounding the event began when the U.S. Olympic Committee filed a legal injunction that succeeded in preventing use of the word "Olympic" as part of its na...