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===Gay Games IV: New York 1994===
The 1994 games took place in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], from June 18 to 25, 1994.

The games coincided with the 25th-anniversary events of the [[Stonewall riots]] and were themed on "Unity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Gay Games IV – Unity '94 |url=http://www.gaygames.com/en/games/gg4/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011112081111/http://www.gaygames.com/en/games/gg4/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2001 |publisher=[[Federation of Gay Games]] |access-date=February 6, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Actor Sir [[Ian McKellen]] gave the closing address at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] on June 25, 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gay Games IV Closing Address |work=www.mckellen.com  |url=http://www.mckellen.com/writings/940625gaygames.htm |access-date=February 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331110231/http://www.mckellen.com/writings/940625gaygames.htm |archive-date=March 31, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref>

There were over 15,000 participants that either competed in the sporting events or in cultural ceremonies in the Gay Games of 1994.<ref name=":0" /> [[Greg Louganis]], multiple-time World and Olympic Champion diver, served as the announcer and performed a spectacular three-meter springboard exhibition between events.<ref>{{Cite book|jstor=10.5749/j.ctt6wr7gv.59|title=The Nearness of Others|date=2014-01-01|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|isbn=9780816691791|editor-last=Caron|editor-first=David|series=Searching for Tact and Contact in the Age of HIV|pages=101–106|last1=Caron|first1=David|chapter=One Drop of Blood}}</ref> The sporting events of Gay Games IV expanded to thirty one from previous years, including but not limited to, flag football, figure skating, and the first ever internationally sanctioned women's wrestling.<ref name=":0" />
<ref>{{cite web |title=The Gay Games IV 1994 |url=http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/events/ggiv/ |website=Queer Resources Directory |access-date=30 March 2023}}</ref>