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===Gay Games III: Vancouver 1990===
[[File:San francisco spikes gay games 3 semifinal 1990 2 (12331719343) (2).jpg|thumb|The San Francisco Spikes soccer team at the Gay Games 1990]]

The 1990 games took place in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], from August 4 to 11, 1990. Approximately 7,300 athletes took part in 27 sports, with another 1,500 cultural participants attending. This was the first games to be held outside the United States, and it is also notable for being the first games in which Masters world records were set (two, in swimming).<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=Opening Ceremonies: Out and Proud |url=https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/celebration-1990-canadas-gay-games_gay-games-du-canada/story/opening-ceremonies-part-one/ |publisher=Digital Museums Canada |date=2 May 2019 |access-date=20 February 2024 }}</ref> The opening and closing ceremonies were held at [[BC Place|BC Place Stadium]], which, 20 years later, hosted the [[2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony|2010 Winter Olympics opening]] and [[2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony|closing ceremony]], making it a historic venue for both events.

The event was also heralded by controversy from social conservatives. A Fraser Valley church's members took out full page ads in ''[[The Vancouver Sun]]'' and ''[[The Province]]'' condemning the event as proof of an "impending sodomite invasion" and encouraging residents to gather at [[Empire Stadium (Vancouver)|Empire Stadium]] to pray against the event. The [[Premier of British Columbia|government of then-Premier]] [[Bill Vander Zalm]] refused to fund the event.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.globaltoronto.com/sports/Outgames+kick+Vancouver/5154928/story.html|title = Outgames kick off in Vancouver|author = Thomas, Sandra|publisher = [[Vancouver Courier]] via [[CIII-TV|Global Toronto]]|date = July 25, 2011|access-date = July 29, 2011|archive-date = March 20, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120320072319/http://www.globaltoronto.com/sports/Outgames+kick+Vancouver/5154928/story.html|url-status = dead}}</ref>

Original video documentation, photographs, and textual records related to Celebration '90 Gay Games III, originally gathered by Forward Focus, artist Mary Anne McEwen's production company and official [[videographer]] of the Games. The items are available via [[VIVO Media Arts Centre]]'s archive, both in-person by appointment or digitally online.<ref>{{cite web |title=Celebration '90 Gay Games III |url=http://archive.vivomediaarts.com/gay-games-iii/ |author=Mary Anne McEwen fonds |publisher=VIVO’s Crista Dahl Media Library & Archive |date=10 August 2017 |access-date=20 February 2024 }}</ref> The [[fonds]] includes 143 unedited 30-minute [[Betacam]] recordings of sporting competitions, cultural events, opening and closing ceremonies, backstage activities and interviews with organizers, athletes, artists, community representatives, and opponents. The fond also includes 240 photographs, Celebration ’90 ephemera, and extensive textual materials, including the Official Program. McEwen was a Vancouver-based [[LGBTQ]] activist, Gayblevision co-founder, and co-organizer of the first [[Vancouver Queer Film Festival|Out On Screen Film and Video Festival]]. The footage was shot in anticipation of a feature-length documentary entitled, "Legacy: The Story of the Gay Games" that McEwen was unable to complete due to insufficient funding. McEwen, a longtime VIVO member, bequeathed her personal archive to VIVO hoping that this footage would be made widely available.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.vivomediaarts.com/archive|title=VIVO's Crista Dahl Media Library & Archive |publisher=VIVO Media Arts Centre |access-date=20 February 2024}}</ref>