More than 9000 registrations already received

Participants are coming from more than 70 countries to Cologne. The Rhein Energie Stadium is the venue for the spectacular opening ceremony.  The central venues during the games are the villages in the city centre on Neumarkt and Rudolfplatz.

In less than 2 months the Gay Games VIII Cologne 2010 will commence.  The German foreign minister Dr. Guido Westerwelle (FDP) will officially open the largest sporting and cultural event in the world in the Rhein Energie Stadium on July 31st.  Dr. Westerwelle has taken over the role of patron of the Cologne Gay Games. 

On Friday, 11 June 2010, The Forum for Empowerment of Women (FEW) showed a live screening of a first match of the FIFA World Cup between Bafana Bafana and Mexico at Entabeni Gaydor in Soweto, where lesbians and gays gathered to watch the game of soccer.

The event also aimed to revive the spirits of FEW’s lesbian soccer team, The Chosen FEW as they will be attending the VIII Gay games tournament in Germany.

More than 50 people attended this event in support of Bafana Bafana, blowing their vuvuzela’s to a historic goal scored by Siphiwe Tshabalala in a game that ended with a draw.