Guadalajara, Jalisco. The state capital was designated as the seat of the Gay Games (Gay Games), the global sports fair that celebrates diversity and inclusion, to be held in November 2023.
Through its official site, the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) announced that the capital of Jalisco will be co-host along with the city of Hong Kongfrom the 11th edition of the world sporting event.
“Faced with the continuing challenges posed by the Covid pandemic, and with a desire to ensure that more participants can join the games, regardless of their locations, GGHK (Gay Games Hong Kong) recently proposed to the FGG the concept of a co-sponsored event. ”, highlighted the co-president of GGHK, Lisa Lam.
He explained that by holding the World Cup in two venues, the objective of being “as inclusive as possible” is ensured, while international travel continues to recover.
“We will continue to celebrate the first Gay Games in Asia, but potentially for the first time in Latin America, welcoming the widest possible audience to both cities,” said Lisa Lam.
“We are excited about this opportunity to organize the first Gay Games in Asia and Latin America, both in November 2023”; said, for his part, Sean Fitzgerald, co-president of the FGG.
In February 2021 The Economist published that the Convention and Visitors Bureau (OFVC) presented Guadalajara’s candidacy to host the 12th edition of the international event to be held in 2026, and was among the three finalists along with Munich, Germany and Valencia, Spain .
The Gay Games They have been held since 1984. Previously they had been held in the cities of San Francisco twice, Vancouver (1990), New York (1994), Amsterdam (1998), Sydney (2002), Chicago (2006), Cologne (2010), Cleveland (2014) and Paris (2018). Hong Kong was to host in 2022 but was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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