Editing Gay Games (section)

===Gay Games X: Paris 2018===
[[File:Gay Games 2018 Tennis competition 02.jpg|thumb|Tennis competition at the Gay Games 2018]]
{{Main| 2018 Gay Games}} 
On July 31, 2012, the FGG announced that seven cities had been approved as prospective bidders. The groups were from Amsterdam, Netherlands; [[Limerick]], [[Ireland]]; [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]; [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], [[Florida]], United States; Paris, France; and a group proposing to host the Gay Games in either [[Rio de Janeiro]] or [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]].

By August 31, 2012, letters of intent to bid had been received from all groups except those in Brazil.

In December 2012, the FGG announced that several requests from bidders to add new sports to the program of the games. Of these requests, that for the inclusion of polo was rejected, while those for archery, boxing, fencing, pétanque, roller derby and wheelchair rugby were approved. Of these, boxing, pétanque, roller derby and wheelchair rugby were included in the bids of the three finalist bidding organizations.

Bid books were provided by February 28, 2013, with a Q&A held over April and May 2013. A shortlisting vote took place on May 31, 2013, resulting in the shortlisting of Limerick, London and Paris as the final three cities to continue on the 2018 Bid cycle. Shortlisted cities received a 4-day visit (inspection sites) from a team of FGG inspectors (4 delegates + 1 CM) in July 2013. The final vote took place in Cleveland (Ohio, USA) during the 2013 Annual General Assembly. On 7 October, Paris was elected host city for the 2018 Gay Games.
 
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! Shortlisted Cities
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| {{flagicon|France}} [[Paris]], [[France]]
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| {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Limerick]], [[Ireland]]
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| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
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! Non-Shortlisted Cities
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| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
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| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], [[United States]]
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