| Event | Date | Destination | Type |
| Gay Ski Week New Zealand |
Sep 4 - Sep 12, 2010 |
Queenstown, New Zealand |
Sports |
“The largest gay and lesbian alpine event of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Each year they welcome gay guys and girls from all over the world to this beautiful part of New Zealand for a week long festival of on and off mountain activities from downhill ski races for the adrenalin junkies, or social opportunities like nightly apres ski catch ups, group dinners.” Right now there's waaay more men than women, but organizers tell me they're trying to get more girls to participate.
www.gayskiweeknz.com
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| 2010 Gay Softball World Series |
Late Aug, 2010 (TBA) |
Columbus, U.S.A. |
Sports |
Columbus was selected to host this 34th edition of the Gay Softball World Series. Expect upwards of 200 teams and 4000 participants, men and women, making it the biggest annual LGBT sporting event in the world!
www.clgsa.net/gsws2010/www.nagaaasoftball.org
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| IGO – Italian Gay Open |
Early Sep, 2010 (TBA) |
Milan, Italy |
Sports |
"The only GLBT tennis tournament in Italy!!! This year will be the 12th edition which means lots of news and exciting surprises for our players!!”
www.atomoitalia.org
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| Mamma Mia International Volleyball Competition |
Early Sep, 2010 (TBA) |
Milan, Italy |
Sports |
An LGBT volleyball tournament with competitors from Italy and elsewhere around the world.
www.gatevolley.it
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| Festival of the Babes |
Sep 4 - Sep 6, 2009 |
San Francisco, USA |
Sports |
Annual lesbian soccer tournament with 24 teams (about 350 players!) from across North America. This is one of the very rare lesbian sports tournaments around, so enjoy and participate! This usually takes place in Portland, but has moved to San Fran for 2009.
www.festivalofthebabes.com
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| Coupe de la reine |
Early Sep, 2010 (TBA) |
Montreal, Canada |
Sports |
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| Brussels Games |
Mid-Sep, 2010 (TBA) |
Brussels, Belgium |
Sports |
The 19th annual International Tournament for badminton, tennis, swimming and volleyball. There are separate divisions for men and women, with more than 450 participants from across Europe.
www.bgs.org
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| Vienna Dance Contest |
Late Sep, 2010 (TBA) |
Vienna, Austria |
Sports |
This international dance sport competition for same-gender couples is taking place in Vienna for the 9th time now. Dancers from around the world head to Austria for this annual event which is seen as a sort of opener for the dance season.
www.viennadancecontest.at
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| International German Gay and Lesbian Golf Championship |
Early Oct, 2010 (TBA) |
Schwerin, Germany |
Sports |
“The handicap-effective Stableford tournament will be played over two rounds of 18 holes according to the rules of golf as approved by Royal Ancient Golf Club St. Andrews. There will be separate categories for women and for men. These categories are split up into three different classes. To recognize your achievement, we will award medals for the first, second and third palce in each category and class.”
www.german-rainbow-open.com
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| Gay Bridge: the IAGLBC Annual Tournament |
Oct 13 - Oct 18, 2010 |
Palm Springs, USA |
Sports |
O.K., it’s not exactly a sport, but hey it plays with a team and that’s a lot of mental exercise and exertion that’s required. Expect players of all levels from across North America and single players are also welcome at the International Association of Gay and Lesbian Bridge Clubs tournament.
www.gaybridge.org
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| World Gay Rodeo Finals 2010 |
Oct 22 - Oct 24, 2010 |
Laughlin, USA |
Sports |
This is the biggie of all queer rodeo competitions across the planet! Yes, there's more gay men than lesbians who participate, but there's still a strong representation of the ladies.
www.ngra.com/cms_igrafinals/index.html
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| Antwerp Games |
Oct 30 - Oct 31, 2010 |
Antwerp, Belgium |
Sports |
This will be a major international LGBT sporting event with tons of events including badminton, cycling, ballroom dancing, tennis, wrestling, swimming and much more.
www.antwerpgames.be
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| Centre Court Championships |
Late Oct, 2010 (TBA) |
Los Angeles, USA |
Sports |
This is the big annual tennis championship for the Los Angeles Tennis Association, the largest gay and lesbian tennis association in the world. Each year this event attracts up to 250 players from across North America.
www.lataweb.com
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| Goldelsen Cup |
Mid-Nov, 2010 (TBA) |
Berlin, Germany |
Sports |
The Goldelsen Cup is named for the bronze sculpture of victory that overlooks Berlin. An international volleyball competition, Goldelsen is co-organized with Seitenwechsel, the local lesbian sporting club, which means there's a strong female presence here.
www.goldelsencup.de
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| Coupe de Montréal |
Mid-Nov, 2010 (TBA) |
Montreal, Canada |
Sports |
Annual swim/water polo/synchronised swimming/diving competition that attracts upwards of 300 participants from about 15 cities across North America. The competition is open to all however and some Europeans participate from year to year. The event is always held during American Thanksgiving.
www.acontrecourant.qc.ca
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