North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance

The North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA) is a non-profit, international association of gay and lesbian softball leagues.

NAGAAA was founded in 1977 and the first elected Commissioner was Warren Shepell, from Toronto, Canada and currently has 44 member leagues in the United States and Canada. The current Commissioner is Chris Balton from Memphis, TN. Teams representing these leagues participate in the NAGAAA Gay Softball World Series (GSWS), hosted each year in a different member city. The 2015 Gay Softball World Series is being hosted by the Columbus Lesbian and Gay Softball Association in Columbus, OH, August 17-22, 2015.

Future sites for the Gay Softball World Series are Austin, Texas in 2016.

NAGAAA has five divisions of play, from the competitive A rank through B, C and D teams, plus a Masters Division for players age 50 and above.

In 2011, NAGAAA clarified its policy to include bisexual and transgender players.[1]

Member Leagues

Gay Softball World Series Champions

Year Host City A Div B Div C Div D Div Masters Div
2016 Austin
2015 Columbus, Ohio
2014 Dallas
2013 Washington, D.C. Houston Force Boston Blizzard Orlando Fury Unleashed Mid-Atlantic Lightning Southern New England Cranky Yankees
2012 Twin Cities Atlanta Sluggers Long Beach Rounders 2.0 Tampa Venom Seattle Inferno Seattle Strokes
2011 Chicago Atlanta Venom Boston Alley Gators Las Vegas The Rat Pack Boston Good Times
2010 Columbus, Ohio Los Angeles Vipers /

Orlando Force

Dallas T K O Austin Shady Ladies Boston Ramrod Machine
2009 Milwaukee Phoenix Toros Chicago Spin Cougars Fort Lauderdale Cyclones Nashville Players
2008 Seattle Los Angeles Vipers Boston Crew Dallas Woody's Xplosion Seattle Atomic
2007 Phoenix Atlanta Venom Orlando Force Memphis Heat Atlanta Wet Demons
2006 Fort Lauderdale Los Angeles Vipers Los Angeles Killer B's Nashville Tribe Chicago Jackhammer Heat
2005 San Diego Los Angeles Vipers Washington D.C. Disturbance Seattle Blue Sox Tampa Titans
2004 Dallas Atlanta Venom Phoenix Calamus/IONSZ Crush Virginia Beach Evil Empire Memphis Barflies
2003 Washington, D.C. Los Angeles Stray Cats Seattle Monarchs Chicago Cougar’s Los Angeles El Dorado Knights
2002 Portland Los Angeles Stray Cats Ft Lauderdale Alibi Demons Norfolk Cavaliers Chicago Little Dog Properties
2001 San Diego Los Angeles Stray Cats Los Angeles Destroyers Ft Lauderdale Chardees Stingrays
2000 Toronto Los Angeles Stray Cats Boston Jackhammers Ft Lauderdale Chardees Stingrays
1999 Kansas City Los Angeles Stray Cats KC Dixie Belles Sharps San Francisco Posse
1998 Atlanta Los Angeles Stray Cats Dallas Sting Boston Southenders
1997 San Diego Los Angeles Stray Cats Twin Cities Gay 90's Bandits Toronto The Crew
1996 Minneapolis Los Angeles Stray Cats New York Sunny Day Knights San Francisco Murderer's Row
1995 Seattle Los Angeles Stray Cats San Diego Rich's ACES Wash DC JR's Gamecocks
1994 Nashville Los Angeles Stray Cats New York City Dugout Dallas JR's
1993 Philadelphia Norfolk Outlaws Seattle Elite SF Aids Foundation Golden Bears
1992 Los Angeles Boston Fritz Philadelphia Woody's Atlanta Ritz Sluggers
1991 Boston Los Angeles Griffs Los Angeles Blaze
1990 Pittsburgh SF Uncle Bert's Bombers Philadelphia Blue Parrot
1989 Atlanta Los Angeles Griffs San Francisco Galleon
1988 Dallas Twin Cities Cloud 9 NYC Ty's Chelsea Breakers
1987 San Francisco Twin Cities Cloud 9
1986 New York/New Haven Los Angeles Slammers
1985 Milwaukee Houston Briar Patch
1984 Houston Twin Cities Gay 90's
1983 Chicago Chicago Sidetrack
1982 San Francisco San Francisco Pendulum
1981 Toronto Los Angeles Griffs
1980 Los Angeles Los Angeles Griffs
1979 Milwaukee Los Angeles Rusty Nail
1978 New York Los Angeles Griffs
1977 San Francisco San Francisco Badland

See also

References

  1. Anderson, Diane (2011-09-23). "The Biggest Bisexual News Stories of 2011". Advocate.com. Retrieved 2014-01-15.

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