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The World’s Largest Inclusive Sports, Arts & Culture Event!
Co-hosted by Hong Kong and Guadalajara, México
#unityindiversity 

First in Asia & Latin America 
Hong Kong, 3-11 November 2023

Gay Games have never been held in Asia, the world’s largest continent and home to an estimated 221 million LGBTQ+ people. But Asia is also a region where there is an on-going struggle to overcome homophobia and acceptance. 

We believe that hosting the Games for the very first time here will be a momentous experience and a cornerstone for our Asian community as well as for the whole world. GGHK can bring all of us together in the name of Sport, Fairness, Respect and Friendship. 

GGHK stands for Unity In Diversity and everyone aged 18/+ is welcome to participate regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, or even training level: Games for All.

全球最大型體育、藝術和文化綜合運動會和文化盛事！
香港與墨西哥瓜達拉哈拉共同舉辦
#在多元中團結 

首度於亞洲及拉丁美洲舉行香港 2023 年 11 月 3 至 11 日 運動會過去未曾於亞洲舉辦，在這片全球最大的陸地上，預估有 2.21 億名的 LGBTQ+ 族群。但亞洲同時也是一個不斷努力克服恐同與接納議題的區域。 

我們相信，透過運動會的舉辦，將為亞洲社群以及全球群體創造強大動能與基石。GGHK 將以體育、公平、尊重與友誼之名，讓我們攜手團結。

 GGHK 代表「在多元中團結」，只要年滿 18 歲或以上，不論任何性傾向、性別認同、種族甚至訓練程度的人士都可以自由參加：人人同樂。

Awakenings. Being LGBTQIA+ is an awakening moment in life; through that, we realize who we are and intuit our desire. While artmaking provides a safer and creative space for artists to materialize the calling of being in our studios, exhibiting artworks by LGBTQIA+ artists in the public context may also awaken audience so as to reflect on their own circumstances. 
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Presented by Gay Games Hong Kong 2023, LOVE+: Awakenings invites 23 Hong Kong-born and/or-based self-identified queer artists and includes their artworks, at best unseen previously in the public eye, based on the curatorial keyword ‘awakenings’: be they a moment to define their identities, a momentum of their artistic career, of love, desire and care, or an expression to activate, incite and revive. LOVE+: Awakenings also makes a humble attempt delineates a timeline of queer art and its development in Hong Kong as a subtext from the 1990s to date. The exhibits you have been walking through and experiencing include a variety of artistic medium such as drawing and painting, collage, Chinese arts, sculpture, photography and video, socially-engaged art, graphic design, live art and performance, and etc. Arts for all; only the sky is the limit! 
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We are very fortunate to be able to collaborate with community partners, including Hong Kong AIDS Foundation and the Centre for Innovative Service-Learning, Hong Kong Baptist University. The Hong Kong AIDS Foundation kindly shares four of the AIDS panels made in Hong Kong and by Hong Kong’s AIDS activists. AIDS quilts, or AIDS panels, are commonly known as memorial labour of love to celebrate the lives of people who have died of AIDS-related causes. The Centre for Innovative Service-Learning at HKBU, through the donation of Institute of Creativity and Tin Ka Ping Foundation, provides supports on curatorial programme and undergraduate docent training. We are also grateful to Para Site and WMA of their equipment supports.  

‍LOVE+: Awakenings is only a beginning of the Art & Culture outreach of Gay Games Hong Kong 2023 and its contribution and engagement to queer art, culture and communities in Hong Kong. Concurrently, a historic photography exhibition titled ‘Beyond Strength: A Retrospective Exhibition of Gay Games 1982-2022’ is hosted at Goethe Institut Hongkong on the 14/F of the Hong Kong Arts Centre. The two exhibitions share the past and present of arts, culture and sportsmanship by queer. Gay Games Hong Kong 2023 is scheduled on November 3-11, 2023. The future is not unknown: by knowing and believing how exciting and amicable it will be! 

Lots of LOVE. X
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覺醒。成為LGBTQIA+是生命中的覺醒時刻，由此我們理解自己，直觀慾望。藝術創作給予藝術家安全與創意的空間，讓我們得以在工作室中，將自身感召轉化成實體創作，而在公共場域展覽LGBTQIA+藝術家作品，也可以讓觀眾覺醒，反省自己身處的情況。
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LOVE+: Awakenings由2023年香港同樂運動會呈獻，展覽邀請二十三位生於或／和居於香港、自我認同為酷兒的藝術家，並收錄他們的作品，當中大多都未曾公開展示。作品圍繞本次策展關鍵詞「覺醒」：無論是定義自己身份的時刻，他們的藝術生涯、愛慾、關懷，還是表達激勵、鼓動和復甦。LOVE+: Awakenings也嘗試勾畫酷兒藝術的時間線，以及它在香港從1990年代至今的發展。你所參觀及經驗的作品，包羅多種不同的藝術媒介，包括繪畫、拼貼、中國藝術、雕塑、攝影，以至錄像、社會參與藝術、平面設計、現場藝術及表演等等。藝術包容萬象，無邊無際。
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我們有幸與社區伙伴合作，包括香港愛滋病基金會及香港浸會大學創新服務學習中心。香港愛滋病基金會鼎力支持，借出四幅由香港愛滋病行動者在港製作的愛滋病掛被。製作愛滋病掛被通常是義務的紀念工作，以憶念因愛滋病相關疾病去世的人。香港浸會大學創新服務學習中心，透過創意研究院及田家炳基金會的捐助，支持策展計劃及本科生導賞訓練。我們亦非常感激Para Site及WMA 的器材支援。
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LOVE+: Awakenings 只是香港同樂運動會藝術及文化外展活動的起步，展開它對香港酷兒藝術、文化及社群的貢獻和參與。同一時間，香港歌德學院展出「超乎勝負的力量：同樂運動會回顧展 1982-2022」，於香港藝術中心十四樓展覽有關同樂會的歷史照片。兩個展覽展現了過去與現在的酷兒藝術、文化及體育精神。2023年香港同樂運動會將於2023年11月3日至11日舉行。未來可期——只要知道並相信它將如此精彩，如此友善！
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Lots of LOVE. X

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Hong Kong AIDS Foundation was established in 1991. Prompted by the general public’s poor understanding of AIDS and common misconceptions about those living with HIV/AIDS, a group of people coming from different sectors of society who cared for the betterment of the community joined together to form Hong Kong AIDS Foundation, a non-governmental social service organization, to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS in Hong Kong.
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ENHANCE AWARENESS
Enhance public awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
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EDUCATION
Educate the public in HIV/AIDS
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SERVICE NEEDED
Provide a range of services needed by people infected with HIV or otherwise affected by HIV/AIDS
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CARE & SUPPORT
Promote care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS

香港愛滋病基金會成立於1991年。當時一些來自不同界別的熱心人士，有感社會大眾對愛滋病認識不足及對愛滋病病毒感染者存有誤解，於是成立名為香港愛滋病基金會的非政府社會服務機構，以推動香港的愛滋病防治工作。
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提高意識
提高市民對愛滋病的關注
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教育
教育市民有關愛滋病的知識
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服務及支援
為受愛滋病病毒感染或影響的人士提供支援服務
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關懷及支持
提倡關懷和支持愛滋病病毒感染/患者

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) endeavours to further develop service-learning and provide at least one opportunity for every willing student to participate by 2023. To realise this plan, the University established the Centre for Innovative Service-Learning (CISL) in 2017 to connect academic departments to community partners, facilitate the formation of interdisciplinary teams and provide appropriate training and support for students and staff. CISL is committed to supporting the development of academic service-learning opportunities that meet community needs and foster social changes. Through service-learning, HKBU endeavours to deliver the best student experience to enhance whole-person development, promote civic engagement and instil in students a sense of purpose.
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The docent training programme at LOVE+: Awakenings exhibition is supported by the Institute of Creativity and sponsored by Hung Hin Shiu Charitable Foundation. This programme aims to train the participating students of the Academy of Visual Arts of HKBU, to apply their acquired artistic knowledge and awareness of social identities to the conduction of this exhibition’s guided tours. These student docents will guide the general audience to grasp the highlight of the artworks and get inspired.
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香港浸會大學（浸大）致力為學生提供最佳學習體驗，於 2017年成立創新服務學習中心（中心），與校內各學系合作，在正規課程中推廣服務學習。中心目標於 2023年能為每名自願參與的本科生，提供最少一次服務學習和創新活動的機會。中心相信，通過服務學習課程有助加強學生與社會的連繫，同時鼓勵學生應用學術專業，與大眾攜手解決社會問題，在關愛、創意和國際化的氛圍中發揮學術卓越。
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LOVE+: Awakenings展覽的導賞員培訓計劃，由浸大創意研究院（孔憲紹慈善基金）贊助，計劃旨在讓參與培訓的浸大視覺藝術學院學生，運用課堂所學的藝術知識以及對社會身份的理解，帶領公眾遊走展覽。同時解說藝術作品的資料，啟發大眾對作品的欣賞及詮釋。