IN further efforts to attract the pink pound, Torremolinos is holding a gay chess tournament.
With a top prize of 1500 euros, it seems it pays to be gay…and good at chess.
It comes in the same month that Torremolinos was declared the headquarters of a new ‘Gay State’ for Europe.
Following the symbolic hoisting of the ‘gay flag’ – in rainbow colours – the new state aims to become a world economic powerhouse.
Leader of the new gay republic Javier Checa hopes to unite the world’s estimated 55 million gay people and get them together to hold a strong economic sway.
The chess tournament will be held on October 16 and is part of the ExpoGays trade show at the Palacio de Congresos.
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Ridiculous and discriminatory. If I decided to hold a chess tournament (or any other sporting event) and declared “no homosexuals allowed” there would be an outcry.
Now I have heard everything. Which loon thought this one out. Do gays have to have their own tournament because they are not very good chess players and cannot compete with straights???