I have no affiliation with The Federation of Gay Games. Grateful acknowledgment
is made to the Federation for permission to use the Gay Games Logo.

The first Gay Games were held in San Francisco in 1982 and have rapidly grown into the largest sporting event in the world. Nearly 15,000 athletes participated in Gay Games V in Amsterdam in August 1998 and almost that many in remote Sydney australia in November 2002. The following pages are my attempt to assemble an accurate history of founder Tom Waddell's dream.

UNCLE DONALD'S CASTRO STREET GAY GAMES INDEX MAIN PAGE A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY GAMES GAY GAMES I - San Francisco - 1982 GAY GAMES II - San Francisco - 1986 GAY GAMES III - Vancouver - 1990 GAY GAMES IV - New York - 1994 GAY GAMES V - Amsterdam - 1998 GAY GAMES VI - Sydney - 2002 GAY GAMES VII - Chicago - 2006 GAY GAMES VIII - Cologne - 2010 SUB-PAGES MORE ABOUT GAY GAMES I MORE ABOUT GAY GAMES II SOME GAY GAMES II VIDEOS MORE ABOUT GAY GAMES III MORE ABOUT GAY GAMES IV MORE ABOUT GAY GAMES V GAY GAMES V - PICTURE PAGE GAY GAMES VI - PICTURE PAGE SOME PICTURES OF TOM WADDELL GAY GAMES PINS LINKS LINKS verified May 8, 2008 FEDERATION OF GAY GAMES GAY GAMES VIII - Cologne Germany 2010 official website GAY GAMES VII - CHICAGO 2006 official website PICTURES - GAY GAMES VII - CHICAGO 100's of pictures on Flickr.com Sports Complex has news about Gay Games and other sporting events Gay Sport has news reports about Gay Games Team San Francisco and Gay Games history

ON TO GAY GAMES BACK TO CASTRO STREET This page created April 25, 1999 and modified May 8, 2008 • UD Graphics • San Francisco •