Our AGA
From Thursday 23 to Tuesday 28 October 2025, the FGG celebrated our Annual General Assembly in València, Spain alongside dozens of our delegates, volunteers and friends.
We enjoyed a packed agenda of talks, presentations, workshops, and committee meetings - all designed to build, reinforce and amplify the work FGG does with the help of our member organizations.
The highlight of the event was hearing from our two Gay Games XIII 2030 bid cities - Denver, USA and Perth, Australia - as they presented their final presentations, and off the backs of these two incredible shows we voted for Perth, Australia to host the Gay Games in 2030 in a stunning event at the Palau de l'Exposició.
We enjoyed a beautiful welcome reception at València’s Botanical Gardens, and our delegates enjoyed one of three city tours to visit the city’s sporting facilities that will be used at the Games in 2026, and a stunning dinner hosted by the local LGBTQ+ entity AVEGAL.
We heard from the team in València who explained their final preparations for Gay Games XII 2026 as well enjoyed varied workshops and presentations from different parts of the Gay Games ecosystem, board and committees.
We made a ground-breaking decision to restructure the board and presented the plans as well as voting in by-laws which will enable our now smaller board to make decisions more efficiently. We bestowed HLM status on Joanie Evans - former co-president of the FGG, and took a moment to remember our colleagues who we have lost over the years, as well as saying farewell to some board members that will no longer serve on the board.
All in all, an incredible AGA to add to the collection and a great turnout from our delegates and teams.
Watch the highlights of this year’s AGA right here
Our Delegates
Our AGA is a perfect opportunity for you - our member organizations, associate members and volunteers - to meet the FGG board in person, and for all of us to get to know each other. To learn how we can most efficiently work together to host our world-class event every 4 years.
Our Co-Presidents
Our Board
Our FLINTA delegates
New board structure
Jan
Schneider
Co-president
Sophia Goodner-Rodriguez
Co-president
Directors
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Alan Lang
he/him • Hong Kong
Director of Gay Games Quality
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Austin Manning
he/him • Austin, USA
Director of Host City Selection
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Duncan Campbell
he/him • Barcelona, Spain
Director of Global Engagement
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Dade P.
he/him • USA
Treasurer
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Julie Williams
she/her · Sydney, Australia
Director of People Strategy
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Kenneth Hundrieser
he/him · Chicago, USA
Secretary
We’re very happy to introduce our new, streamlined and more efficient board structure. This new board, comprised of two co-presidents and just 7 directors, will enable to work faster and have more impact, across the entire Gay Games ecosystem.
We want to thank a number of board members who leave us this year, including Angelica Saenz, Daniel Holland, Joan Miro, Sean Fitzgerald and Viv Woodcock-Downey.
We also welcomed Joanie Evans into the Honorary Life Member community.
Each year we document the work of the FGG to demonstrate, with complete transparency, how we use our resources to benefit the LGBTQ+ sports and culture community.
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Memorial Moment
Remembering those who we have lost that have contributed to the Gay Games story
We hosted 9 committee meetings
We’re committed to improving the way the Gay Games delivers value to our community and so we provide space for our delegates and volunteers to form part of the decision making and help us perform out duties during our committee meetings
Talks and presentations
We also heard from many more individuals, providing guidance on trans inclusion in sport, membership procedures, our scholarship program.
Social time
And of course it wouldn’t be an FGG AGA without plenty of time to socialise, meet and get to know each other, and hit the town too.
A very special thank you to Visit Valencia and AVEGAL for supporting us throughout the AGA, both logistically and socially.