A large, tightly packed crowd of LGBTQ2S+ athletes and allies in B.C. Place Stadium, Vancouver, Canada, wave their arms and flags and sway to music at the Celebration ’90 Gay Games III Opening Ceremonies.

Celebration ’90: Gay Games III & Cultural Festival

Satellite Video Exchange Society 2020

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In the summer of 1990, Vancouver hosted the first Gay Games held outside the United States, spearheaded by a small group of the city’s amateur athletes in 1982. Featuring extensive material from the video archives of media activist Mary Anne McEwen, this exhibit retraces the fascinating eight-year journey of an event that had a lasting impact on LGBTQ2S+ communities.