I think a lot of new people who will come and watch will be straight. We really believe the increase will come locally. |
I think it's going to take a while. You had residents on television saying pretty raucous things. We can't ignore what's happened over the last month. |
If you spent four hours listening to some of the most hateful things you can imagine... It is very difficult to disregard what these people said and just deal with how boats are unloaded and loaded. You are going to say this is not right and this is why the Gay Games are needed. |
It's a beautiful, beautiful location that we can show off. Our international advisers evaluated every venue possible and determined that it was by far the best within 100 miles of the city. |
Not only does the wavier send an additional welcome to people with HIV and their partners, it increases the number of registrants, so there are practical as well as moral benefits. |
Obviously the law itself is discriminatory, does little to prevent the spread of HIV and harms all citizens of the world by helping to form a climate of fear around a disease that is not easily spread, is easily avoided and is treatable. |
The win was almost perfect. It was our last conference game at home; it's nice to go out on top. |
There will be about 12,000 participants from 70 separate countries. With tourists, partners of the competitors and volunteers, there should be 100,000 people in the city associated with the Games. |
They have told us that (the suspension of new programming) is a normal, planned production hiatus to plan for the Gay Games. |
We've been working on going from inside-out. It's always easier to get things going when you throw it inside. |
Yeah, we felt the pressure. |