Editing Gay Games (section)

=== Gay Games XIII: 2030 ===
The bidding process for Gay Games XIII 2030 opened in January 2024, with 21 cities on 6 continents showing interest. 

Below is the list of prospective candidate cities:

{| class="wikitable" style="width:35%"
!Shortlisted Candidate Cities
!Country
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Denver]]|| USA
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Perth]] || Australia 
|-
|
|
|-
! Longlisted Candidate Cities || Country
|-
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Adelaide]]
|Australia
|-
| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Cape Town]] || South Africa 
|-
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Edmonton]]
|Canada
|-
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Frankfurt]] || Germany
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Melbourne]] || Australia
|-
|{{flagicon|Taiwan
}} [[Taipei]]
|Taiwan
|-
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Vancouver]] || Canada
|-
| colspan="2" |
|-
!Dropout Candidate Cities
!Country
|-
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Athens]] || Greece
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Atlanta]] || USA 
|-
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Birmingham]] || UK
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Boston]]
|USA
|-
|{{flagicon|South Africa
}} [[Johannesburg]]
|South Africa
|-
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Liverpool]] || UK
|-
|{{flagicon|USA
}} [[Miami]]
|USA
|-
|{{flagicon|USA
}} [[Oak Creek, Wisconsin|Oak Creek]]
|USA
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[San Diego]] || USA
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[São Paulo]]
|Brazil
|-
|{{flagicon|USA
}} [[Seattle]]
|USA
|}

Next steps in the bidding process will be:

'''June 2025 - Detailed Bid Books'''

* Finalist cities will now have to deliver a more detailed, compehensive document outlining the organisation of the event down to the smallest details to ensure everything is anticipated

'''November 2025 - Host city announced'''

* The culmination of the process will be the announcement of the presumptive 2030 host in November 2025 in Valencia, Spain