Copenhagen will be testing the waters in its bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games by hosting the gay version of the Olympics in 2009.
It will be the first major international sporting event Copenhagen is hosting in the run-up to its 2020 Olympic bid.
Martin Geertsen, deputy mayor of cultural affairs said, “I feel an air of excitement all over. Therefore we will work to make sure that the OutGames become the biggest and best international sporting event for gays and lesbians”.
Organizers of the event expect as many as 15,000 athletes and 200,000 spectators to attend the Outgames.
