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The International Gay and Lesbian Football Association has relocated its world championships to Washington, D.C. and Sydney, Australia after the tournaments were dropped by the Hong Kong Gay Games program.
The 7v7 championship will be held in June 2022 in Washington, D.C.; and the 11v11 championship will be held in February 2023 in Sydney in conjunction with World Pride. Sydney will also host a seven-player team tournament during its championship; the exact dates for both championships have yet to be announced. Both proposals were great, said Gus Penaranda, IGLFA president. Both clubs made it very clear that their goal is to increase women s team participation.
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Organizers of the 2022 Gay Games in Hong Kong have dropped the International Gay and Lesbian Football Association championships from the Gay Games soccer program, leaving local players in a quandary of where to plan to compete next year.
Gus Penaranda, IGLFA president, said HK2022 notified the international LGBTQ+ soccer organization of the cancellation in an email May 12. IGLFA now expects to receive bids from Sydney and Washington, D.C. and choose a new host city by July. Washington had been the runner-up in previous bidding for IGLFA s 2022 championship. Sydney will be host next year for World Pride. We knew Hong Kong would be difficult, Penaranda told the Bay Area Reporter. But it was quite a shocker. We ve had emails and text messages and calls going back to 2019. The notice gave us such little time to plan.