Gay Games organizers announced late Tuesday evening the event would be postponed one year for the first time in its 40-year history.
Gay Games XI, which was scheduled to be held in Hong Kong in November 2022, is being postponed to 2023 because of COVID-19 pandemic concerns regarding travel restrictions, inability of athletes to train adequately in their chosen disciplines, ever-changing lockdowns, and lack of adequate vaccination in many parts of the globe. "Throughout the pandemic we've been developing contingency plans with a consulting organization, reviewed on a monthly basis," Dennis Philipse, co-chair of Gay Games Hong Kong, told the Bay Area Reporter. "In the last two months in the U.S.