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Many people don’t realize that Gay Games founder Tom Waddell had a child who was conceived around the time of the first Gay Games. Jessica Waddell Lewinstein (right, with her mom) is the daughter of Waddell and Gay Games co-founder Sara Lewinstein. She is the ultimate Gay Games love child. The San Francisco Chronicle caught […]

As we update our extensive Gay Games photo galleries, check out our latest: Athletes and their medals. This Swedish runner was one of the stars of the track and field sprints. As we update our extensive Gay Games photo galleries, check out our latest: Athletes and their medals. This Swedish runner was one of the […]

As we update our extensive Gay Games photo galleries, check out our latest: Athletes and their medals. This Swedish runner was one of the stars of the track and field sprints. As we update our extensive Gay Games photo galleries, check out our latest: Athletes and their medals. This Swedish runner was one of the […]

The variety of athletes and sports makes the Gay Games my favorite event to cover. In addition to articles and videos, Cyd and I shot more than 500 photos, and we are adding some nearly every day. If you haven’t checked it out already, go to our extensive Gay Games photo galleries. Below are some […]

The 2010 Gay Games in Cologne received virtually no mainstream media coverage, but Ed O’Keefe of the Washington Post’s “Federal Eye” column has a nice item on the participation by Kei Koizumi, who handles budgetary and policy issues in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Koizumi, 41, won a gold medal in […]

It’s easy sometimes, when living in the generally gay-tolerant West to remember that for many gays and lesbians, being discovered could literally put their lives at risk. At the Opening Ceremonies, I spied a shirtless player for the Mexican soccer team with a flawless body. Seeing a great photo-op, I raised my camera and got […]

While the Games will remain in the Cleveland/Akron area, the bidding organization, Cleveland Synergy Foundation, has lost the license to host the games. This is not a surprise, as we have been reporting on this move for almost a month. From the Federation of Gay Games: The Federation of Gay Games ended its relationship with […]

Tim Husel, Flo Weber (click for larger view). Gay Games notes: I heard several people talk about the two hot announcers at track and field, so here's the 911. They are Flo Weber and Tim Husel, both 26 and gay. Weber was the announcer at last year's world track championships in Berlin, heard about the […]

Cyd and I will be in Cologne for the 2010 Gay Games, so posting on the Jock Talk blog will be light save for breaking stories (or more jocks posting penis pictures). We will be busy in Cologne, producing stories, photos and videos on our Gay Games blog, so check it out. Cyd and I […]

Gay Games VIII in Cologne managed to register 9,475 participants from 65 countries, according to numbers they released this week. While it’s down from the 12,000 they set as a goal several years ago, it’s still a solid number in this economy and is on par with 2006 registration numbers in Chicago and Montreal. Some […]

Over the next two weeks, Outsports will be bringing you the latest from Gay Games VIII in Cologne, Germany. We'll feature news and notes, photo galleries and video updates from registration to the opening ceremonies and all of the sporting venues (well, almost all: sailing is a couple hours away, so we may have to […]

Updated July 19: City of Cleveland has sent a letter to Cleveland Synergy Foundation halting funding of the Gay Games organizing committee. Cleveland Synergy then sent a statement regarding the FGG possibly pulling their Gay Games license. Also, Roger Brigham of the Bay Area Reporter has a great update, including the resignation of a Cleveland […]

Cleveland Synergy Foundation today released a statement following Outsports’ publication of a letter from the City of Cleveland to Synergy claiming the Federation of Gay Games was terminating its licensing agreement: As the organization licensed to produce the 2014 Gay Games, the Cleveland Synergy Foundation remains committed to bringing this important, civic, cultural, and economic […]

Outsports has obtained a copy of a letter sent from the City of Cleveland to the Cleveland Synergy Foundation stating that the Federation of Gay Games is terminating Synergy’s license agreement for Gay Games 2014 and the City is halting all payments to Synergy. The letter, dated July 7, 2010, is from Tracey A. Nichols, […]

While Outsports will be providing unprecedented coverage of the Gay Games, including video reports, photo galleries and daily notebooks, the organizers in Cologne are also now offering an iPhone application to stay on top of the games as well! The App “GayGames2010” is NOW available as a free download in the App-Store. No notice on […]

Outsports received a tip earlier this week that Cleveland Synergy Foundation, the group that won the right to host the 2014 Gay Games, had left or been removed from their role as organizers of the Games. Reached on Wednesday, Federation of Gay Games spokesman Kelly Stevens said, “No comment.” Attempts to reach Stevens later in […]

While Outsports will be providing unprecedented coverage of the Gay Games, including video reports, photo galleries and daily notebooks, the organizers in Cologne are also now offering an iPhone application to stay on top of the games as well! The App “GayGames2010” is NOW available as a free download in the App-Store. No notice on […]

When the Boston delegates went to the Federation of Gay Games meeting to bring the 2014 games to their city, they thought they had it all locked up. But, like the undefeated 2007 Patriots heading into the Super Bowl, they got a rude awakening when the final decision came down: Cleveland was selected as the […]

One in a series of first-person articles from athletes competing in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne. Ellen SullivanChicago I’ve been to Cologne once. It was 1979. I was living with a family in Krefeld, West Germany, for the summer in a program for high school students sponsored by Indiana University. My family and I […]

One in a series of first-person articles from athletes competing in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne. Steven Thanh WongSan Francisco With calloused hands, raw finger tips, and toes crammed into the tightest of shoes, I seldom fail to feel giddy about climbing the 50-foot walls of Mission Cliffs at least three times a week, […]