Federation of Gay Games

James Hormel's life of distinguished public service and dedication to human rights was honored by President Bill Clinton in 1999 with appointment as U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, the first openly gay man to be named to such a post ... Heir to the Hormel Foods fortune, he studied history as an undergraduate at Swarthmore and received a law degree from the University of Chicago ... He later served as Dean of the University of Chicago Law School ... In 1966 he was a member of the U.S. delegation to the UN General Assembly and the UN Commission on Human Rights ... Over the years he has served in numerous capacities supporting various civil rights and LGBT community organizations, including the American Foundation for AIDS Research ...

The Gay Games archives are housed in the James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center in the San Francisco Public Library ... James was a friend of Gay Games founder Tom Waddell and a supporter of the Gay Games from its inception in 1982 ... He famously paired in men's doubles tennis at Gay Games IV in New York with Tom's biographer, sportscaster Dick Schaap, winning a bronze medal ... James was one of the four charter members of the Gay Games Ambassadors when the program was launched in 2002 ... He was one of several Gay Games Ambassadors with particularly strong ties to Chicago who attended Gay Games VII ... The Federation warmly salutes Jim for his support of Chicago's Gay Games.

"Gay Games," "Federation of Gay Games," and the interlocking circles device are trademarks of the Federation of Gay Games, Inc.
Trademarks are registered in the USA, Canada, Benelux, the UK, and Australia.
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