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The FGG is planning on hosting the next Gay Games in 2026 in Valencia.
This is outdated: Gay Games XII in València has already taken place, so the next Gay Games are no longer the 2026 event.
Full reasoning
According to the Federation of Gay Games' official homepage, “Gay Games XII is over” and it thanks people who joined the event held in València, Spain. That means the 2026 València edition has already happened.
The Federation's official 2030 host announcement also says Perth, Western Australia has been confirmed as the host city for Gay Games XIII in 2030. So as of now, the next Gay Games are the 2030 Perth games, not a still-upcoming 2026 València event.
This appears to be an outdated statement that was true before Gay Games XII occurred, but is no longer accurate.
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- Gay Games
Gay Games XII is over. Thank you to everyone who joined us for an another incredible Gay Games event, held this year in València, Spain.
- Perth, Western Australia Confirmed to Host Gay Games XIII in 2030 - Gay Games
The Federation of Gay Games (FGG) is proud to announce that Perth, Western Australia has been confirmed as the host city for Gay Games XIII in 2030.
The bidding process for Gay Games XIII 2030 opened in January 2024, with 21 cities on 6 continents showing interest.
The Federation of Gay Games says the 2030 process began with 25 interested cities across five continents, not 21 cities on six continents.
Full reasoning
The Federation of Gay Games' official Site Selection 2030 page states that the process “began in January 2024 with 25 cities across five continents expressing an interest” in hosting Gay Games XIII.
Its official 2030 host confirmation page likewise says the selection journey began in early 2024 when “more than two dozen cities expressed interest”, and that the 10 cities that advanced represented five continents.
So both parts of the Wikipedia sentence are off: the official count is 25 interested cities (not 21), and the official geographic count is five continents (not six).
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- Site Selection 2030 - Gay Games
The bid process began in January 2024 with 25 cities across five continents expressing an interest in bidding to host the 13th Gay Games event in 2030.
- Perth, Western Australia Confirmed to Host Gay Games XIII in 2030 - Gay Games
The 2030 site selection journey began in early 2024 when more than two dozen cities expressed interest in hosting the Games. Ten cities progressed to the next stage of the process, representing five continents.
Below is the list of candidate cities which submitted bids for the Gay Games XIII:
This overstates the list: the Federation says only seven cities submitted bid books, while some cities in the list only filed letters of interest and did not submit bids.
Full reasoning
The official Federation of Gay Games 2030 site-selection materials separate the process into multiple stages:
- 25 cities expressed interest.
- 10 cities advanced by submitting a letter of intent and first bid fee.
- 7 cities then submitted actual bid books.
But the Wikipedia list that follows this sentence includes cities the Federation itself classifies only as “Letter of Interest Candidate Cities” — for example Athens, Atlanta, Birmingham, Boston, Johannesburg, Liverpool, Miami, Oak Creek, San Diego, São Paulo, and Seattle. Those were not part of the seven cities that submitted bid books.
So the sentence is inaccurate because it describes the whole list as cities that “submitted bids”, when the official FGG materials show the list mixes together different stages of the process, including cities that only expressed interest or filed letters of intent.
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- Site Selection 2030 - Gay Games
Ten cities then moved to the next stage of the process, by submitting an official letter of intent to bid and payment of the first bid fee... Seven cities submitted their bid books... Cities in the site selection process... Letter of Interest Candidate Cities: Athens, Greece; Atlanta, USA; Birmingham, UK; Boston, USA; Johannesburg, South Africa; Liverpool, UK; Miami, USA; Oak Creek, USA; San Diego, USA; São Paulo, Brazil; Seattle, USA.
- Press Releases - Gay Games
Key Milestones in the Site Selection process: January 2024 - Expressions of Interest from 25 cities internationally... Cities in the site selection process... Letter of Interest Candidate Cities: Athens, Greece; Atlanta, USA; Birmingham, UK; Boston, USA; Johannesburg, South Africa; Liverpool, UK; Miami, USA; Oak Creek, USA; San Diego, USA; São Paulo, Brazil; Seattle, USA.