Cleveland Gay Games in Legal Row

Dear Advocate, If you are going to report the story at least add in key facts including this crucial piece from the Plain Dealer article: "Stevens (Federation of Gay Games spokesman) said Synergy Foundation's license was revoked July 6 because it had failed to meet its reporting requirements and had worked on events other than the Gay Games in breach of its contract." It would appear from the line's first issue that the contract might have been broken when the terms were not met. This is pretty cut and dry in legal circles known as a breach. If bench marks of performance were missed then why should anyone be shocked at the results? It would be fitting to remember this is a big deal for any city that takes many organizations to make happen. I am guessing that Cleveland's other partners are acting on what is best for Cleveland's economy. They are pro-LGBT. One thing is sure, it will be interesting to watch this play out in the months ahead. I just everyone keeps a level head.

In all fairness to Mark most people the world over don't even know Toronto is in Canada. It's often thought to be an American city. Aside from TIFF and the infamous G20 we have never had any thing of international importance in the city so when would people ever learn about it? Shows and movies filmed here rarely take place here and when they do they are like Scott Pilgrim. Even Degrassi the Next Generation is Americanized on Nickelodeon (they remove any Canadian things from it). The city has done a piss poor job as promoting itself internationally so I'm not surprised someone would think we only have a few hundred thousand people.

Mark go back to school people like you make americans look stupid... dont blame the stereotype because the states full of fools like Mark LOL

A few hundred thousand people in Toronto? The population of Toronto is approximately 2.48 million people and there are roughly 5.5 million people in the greater Toronto area. It ranks as #46 in the world's largest cities and only three american cities are larger. Oh...and same-sex marriage is legal here in Canada, can any of those three american cities say the same? New York? No. Los Angeles? No. Chicago? No. So, it would appear then that Toronto is more than qualified to host World Pride.

Having it in Cleveland makes more sense than having World Pride in Toronto. How can they possibly think that Toronto would have enough people to support such a large event, it's what maybe a couple hundred thousand? Canada doesn't really have any major cities when compared to what we have in the U.S.

Why is it the FGG has issues with every single Gay Games event? The track record of FGG speaks for itself when it comes to failures. Taking a quick look, the Synergy lawsuit clearly states this fact: FGG approached Synergy to be a "bridge builder" between FGG and the Cologne Games organizers because FGG also did not have a functioning working relationship with Cologne. Sounds to me like Synergy is yet another victim of FGG's ineptness.

Let's get this dance over with!!...Contract rules were not followed. Move the games to our nation's capital of Washington DC!!!!