The first games took place in San Francisco in 1982 and were a huge success
, starting with Tina Turner’s performance at the opening ceremony. During the event, 1,350 athletes from 12 countries participated in 17 sports.
The 11th edition will take place Nov. 3-11 in Hong Kong and the Mexican city of Guadalajara, both first-time hosts. He was in his early 20s when he joined friends headed to New York. Fitzgerald competed in triathlon, his eyes opened wide at the event that drew more than 12,000 participants from 40 countries – bigger than an Olympic Games.
“I use the Gay Games and other sporting events as an excuse to go somewhere I’ve never been before,” said Sho, who has five medals from his previous two appearances – 2018 in Paris and 2014 in Cleveland. He made the podium in all three of his sports at the 2014 Gay Games – earning medals in badminton, tennis and volleyball – something he was told no one had ever done. It’s been fun to travel with teammates, attend huge opening and closing ceremonies, and meet people from all over the world, he said.
His career moved him to Toronto, Washington and eventually Montreal. Along the way he took up tennis again, playing with the Toronto Gay and Lesbian Tennis Association and Montreal’s Tennis Lambda. He was amazed to learn of the Gay and Lesbian Tennis Alliance, a global organization, and its annual world tour, which involves more than 70 amateur tennis events for a community of more than 10,000 players ranging from beginner to elite.
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