Gay Games: More Than Just a Sport Event
Gay Games 9 takes place in Cleveland, Ohio this week. The event was the brainchild of Dr. Tom Waddell, a former USA Olympic decathlete who in 1982 organised the first Gay Games. It was there he met athlete Sarah Lewinstein and they married and had a daughter together. Tom died of AIDS in 1987 aged just 49.
Sarah Waddell-Lewinstein has been telling Sportshour about the legacy of the Games for the gay community, for wider society and in her own life.
PHOTO: The Dance Sport competition of the Gay Games in 2010 CREDIT Joerg Carstensen/AFP/Getty Images
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