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Gene Dermody to be inducted into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame July 2015 in Chicago
The National Gay & Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame is please to annouce the induction of
Gene Dermody along with
friends Roger Brigham, Kye Allums, and Chris Morgan, as well as Megan Rapinoe, Roy Simmons,
Helen Hull Jacobs, Dale Scott, and Robbie Rogers. It is an awesome and humbling honor to be
included in such a revered group of athletes.
Gene Dermody '75 MA featured in Montclair State NJ Alumni Magazine October 2015
Eugene Dermody came to Montclair State University in 1973 with the desire to make a difference.
The New Jersey native spent his early post college years coaching wrestling and teaching chemistry and
physics at numerous high schools in New Jersey. But it was his dedication to creating a safe, inclusive
space for LGBTQ individuals that earned him recognition throughout a long-lasting career.
In 2014 he was awarded the Tom Waddell Award by the Federation of Gay Games, the world’s largest
sporting and cultural event organized by, and specifically targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender athletes.
Gene Dermody to receive 2014 Tom Waddell Award at Cleveland Gay Games August 2014 The Federation of Gay Games is pleased to announce American pioneer of LGBT sport Gene Dermody as winner of the 2014 Tom Waddell Award. Named in the memory of the founder of the Gay Games, the Tom Waddell Award is the highest honor bestowed by the FGG. The Dr Tom Waddell Trophy was a gift of the LGBT community of Vancouver, and was first awarded there at Gay Games III in 1990. Since then it has been presented every four years in recognition of the outstanding contributions of men and women to the international Gay Games movement and the FGG’s mission of equality in sport and culture and through sport and culture. Gene Dermody of San Francisco has a lifetime of contributions to LGBT sport and the Gay Games. Dermody has said that the Opening Ceremony of Gay Games I in 1982 changed his life; he has spent every day since then paying forward the gift of Dr Tom Waddell and many others who made that event possible. Dermody has served the Federation of Gay Games in a variety of capacities, including sports officer, technology officer, and president, often at the most trying times in the organization’s history. He has been a key leader in many LGBT sports organizations, including the Golden Gate Wrestling Club, Wrestlers WithOut Borders, and Team San Francisco. In these organizations and in the FGG, he has given selflessly of his time, energy, expertise, at times at a personal and financial cost, always with the goal of sharing the precious tool for personal discovery and empowerment that are the Gay Games. About his experience at the Opening Ceremony in 1982, Gene said: " I had finally come ’home’ after a very long exile." For 37 years now, Gene has been at the door, welcoming men and women from San Francisco and far beyond to their "home" as part of the Gay Games family.
Kappa Sigma Caduseus Alumni Newsletter Winter/Spring 2015 Link: Federation Press Release Link
"Out In The Castro: Desire, Promise, Activism"
... BirthPlace of the Gay Games Movement
... The Last Closet: The Locker Room
MP4 Video FreeStyle Masters 136# Finals San Francisco 1986 Gay Games II Tim Cech (Chicago) Gene Dermody (NYC)
"Filling In The Blanks: The Missing LGBT Athletes"
... from Jim Provenzano's Sporting Life Exhibit (2005):
LGBT Athletics and Cultural Change from the 1960s to Today
"Title IX Hearings San Diego 2002: A Different Perspective"
... Presented on Invitation from the Department of Education (DOE)
"The ADVOCATE" August 1998 reprint from "JOCKS" ....
"The ADVOCATE" August 1998 original "JOCKS"
"KQED Local Heroes" June 2003 Pride
"I Remember Fr. Mychal Judge (2001) "
"No Holds Barred Interview on Gay Games Wrestling (2014)"
"No Magic in a Unified Event (2015)"
"GLISA WOGs IV Miami Fraud (2017)"
"Abrams 'Alex' Ostrovskiy, An American Hero"
"Kevin Martin, My Friend and Mentor"
"Steve Pezzoli, My Buddy"
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