The Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom, supports the Outgames, Montréal and GLISA!

Montréal, 8 September 2005 – The Mayor of San Francisco, in a letter sent last week to the Mayor of Montréal, GLISA and the Organising Committee of the 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006, gave his support to the largest LGBT sport event in history and wished the city and the Outgames great success. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors also unanimously issued a proclamation recognising and honouring the Organising Committee of the Outgames.

“We understand that you were founded to orchestrate a magnificent worldwide gathering of tens of thousands of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders, and heterosexuals from nearly 100 countries to celebrate sports and culture together as one, and we applaud and support your extraordinary efforts in bringing this endeavour to life,” wrote Mayor Gavin Newsom.

Brian Jung, leader of Équipe SF 2006, an all-volunteer group of Bay Area athletes and artists who are organizing themselves to come to the Outgames next summer, was delighted by the support of the Mayor of San Francisco. “This will inspire residents of San Francisco and Americans in general to go to Montréal. It will be THE gay destination in 2006.”

Thank you for your inspirational leadership, vision and commitment to the global LGBT community, and for upholding a tradition of acceptance, diversity, support, celebration, inclusion and equality for all, concluded Mayor Newsom in his letter.

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