Photos courtesy of Tom Bianchi

Gay Games VI - Under New Skies
Sydney, Australia

The Gay Games made its first journey to the Southern Hemisphere in the new millennium. Gay Games VI opened at Aussie Stadium on 2 November 2002, and the weeklong event used many venues from the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. More than 11,000 athletes and 1,100 cultural participants from more than 70 countries converged on Australia's largest city, with the Sydney organisers having made special outreach efforts to the Asia/Pacific region.