Activists Seek to Host Gay Games in 2002
Gays and lesbians in Long Beach hope to bring Gay Games VI to Long Beach, an event that would draw about 15,000 athletes from throughout the world.
Andra-Nina Davis, a triathlete and chairwoman of Long Beach Games 2002 Inc., is bringing members of the community together next week to begin preparing a formal proposal to the Federation of Gay Games, the organization that will name the host city next November.
Davis says Long Beach, home to the third-largest gay and lesbian community in California after San Francisco and West Hollywood, is uniquely suited to host the event because of its weather, tourism resources and past success at hosting similar events.
The other cities competing to host the nine-day games are Dallas, Minneapolis, Toronto, Montreal and Melbourne and Sydney, Australia.
“We want the whole community--gay and straight--to embrace it,” Davis said. “We want to involve Los Angeles and San Diego.”
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