GAY GAMES

Per Wikipedia Gay Games - Wikipedia Founded as the Gay Olympics, it was started in the United States in San Francisco, California, in 1982, as the brainchild of Olympic decathlete (Mexico City 1968) and medical doctor Tom Waddell, Brenda Young, and others, whose goals were to promote the spirit of inclusion and participation, as well as to promote the pursuit of personal growth in a sporting event. Waddell wanted to recreate the Olympics' power to bring people of various different backgrounds together through the international language of sport, and the organizers of the first event strived to accommodate differences and achieve gender parity.

Below photo is from a Facebook post 2024 it stated, “Portland Oregon team from the first Gay Games in 1982... this photo was taken shortly before entering Kezar Stadium during the opening ceremony.”