2022 Gay Games in Hong Kong, organizers acknowledge the unique hurdles faced by what will be the first time the LGBTQ+ multi-sport event and cultural festival is held in Asia.Perhaps the biggest challenge is that many Asians are not familiar with the Gay Games, so additional outreach, education, and recruitment is needed for the region than when the Games are held in the U.S.
or Europe. In addition, many potential participants in Asia do not have the funds, or paperwork needed to travel to Hong Kong for the week-long event.
At this morning’s press conference in Hong Kong, one of the speakers acknowledged that Hong Kong is “not the cheapest place to go,” and said there is a transgender team from Cambodia that wants to participate but its.