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Gay Games III
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badminton, martial arts, equestrian,
croquet, race walking, curling and ice
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Persons interested in supporting or
participating in plans to coordinate a
Southeastern contingent to Celebration
VO and the Atlanta Games should call
Larry Lucas at (404) 875-0700. He will
also be able to help those needing
pointers on traveling to Vancouver.
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street’s Rooftop Cafe. The open-air atmos
phere offers casual, relaxed comfort for
every type of rendezvous. Rooftop hours are
Monday through Thursday 11 am-10 pm,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11 am on.
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for your organizational or business meeting.
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Friday Sc Saturday $5 non members
$3 members
Our annual membership is $10
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person, of any age, race, ability or sex,
may attempt any event. Wherever
possible, women and men compete
together, and each sport is available to
the physically challenged."
Athletes and spectators from the
South are expected to attend the Games
in large numbers for the first time next
year, according to Southern Coordinator
Larry Lucas, because of the intensive
outreach program that is gearing up here.
"There were about 10 people who
went to the 1986 Games,” Lucas said,
"but we're expecting a couple of hundred
people to attend the Vancouver Games.
We are already expecting to send two
volleyball teams, two bowling teams, a
croquet team, a softball team and some
independent tennis players."
Lucas believes that the Gay Games
El and Cultural Festival will do a lot
more for the gay/lesbian community than
provide a fun event for the sports
minded. "Through conversations I've
had, I believe that (the Games) will be as
strong and important to the community
as the March on Washington was."
"The Celebration '90 committee is
really trying to make this a truly
international event pulling people in
from all over the world," he added.
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Backstreet hosts the hottest crowd of men and
women in the city. Thursday through Sunday
nights dance, mingle, see and bee seen amidst
the sights and sounds of Atlanta’s premier
party place. Doors open at 10 pm. Start early
Sunday with the Tea Dance at 6 pm, then romp
with the Backstreet Girls at 8:30 pm.
Backstreet, your equal opportunity bar, is
featuring the Wet Jockey Shorts Contest
^Sunday, April 16 at 8 pm.
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Lucas has already begun the process for
a mid-May meeting to plan an October
Atlanta Games, which he hopes will
help raise funds for the Vancouver
committee and raise local awareness of
the international Games.
In addition to the Atlanta Games,
Lucas is pushing hard for individuals
and businesses to back the 1990 events
which have an estimated budget of
$1,250,000. He is offering businesses
throughout the Southeast a Business
Backers package which allows local
businesses to capitalize on the
excitement around the Gay Games III by
selling promotional items and displaying
official Celebration '90 posters in their
store windows for $250. Individual
memberships are even more important to
Lucas, who feels that the $10
membership fee will form the backbone
of the Games financing.
Lucas said that he and others will be
at most of the major events in the
gay/lesbian community over the next
year as they try to raise enthusiasm for
the trip to Vancouver. Among other
projects, Lucas is selling a $3 pin, $1.50
of which will go toward establishing
scholarship seats for the trip. His most
ambitious plan of all, perhaps, is to
charter planes to carry attendees to
Celebration '90.
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"Hardly anyone knew about the
Games before this year, outside of
Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles or
New York," Lucas said. "(But) I believe
we can send a strong delegation from the
South that will bring us into the
international gay/lesbian sporting arena."
The twenty-eight sports that will be
offered at Celebration '90 are basketball,
bowling, volleyball, soccer, triathlon,
cycling, wrestling, powerlifting,
billiards, racquetball, tennis, golf, water
polo, swimming, diving, track and field,
softball (fast and slow), marathon,
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and Wednesday
nights in the Mini
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