The National Gay Basketball Association (NGBA) is an LGBTQ sports organization which exists to promote gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender athletic participation in basketball.
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Founded in 2003 by Mark Chambers, who also co-founded the Lambda Basketball League, to help LGBT players create city leagues, travel teams, and to allow individual players the ability to find a place or team to participate in LGBT basketball events that are held around the world.
The organizational board, consisting of Mark Chambers, Ted Cappas, Jeff Hermann and Rob Smithermann, help NGBA incorporated in May 2005.
The NGBA played a key role in the success of the 2006 Chicago Gay Games basketball event by introducing four new categories in men and women's brackets, A division, B division, C division, 35 and older, and 50 and older 3 on 3 half court, Basketball hosting the most teams in the history of the Gay Basketball.
The first official NGBA event was hosted by Salt Lake City in October 2006.
Member clubs
Tournament Host
[Austin TX]
[Chicago Windy City Hoops Classic]
Name Change [Coady RoundBall Classic]
[Dallas Texas]
[San Diego]
[Long Beach / Los Angeles]
[Las Vegas]
[Seattle]
[Atlanta Armory Classic]
[Boston Tea Party Classic]
[San Francisco Golden Gayte Classic]
[Sacramento Sac-Town Shootout]
[Salt Lake City]
[Memphis River City Hoops]
[Washington D.C. Capitol Classic] [10]
[Ft Lauderdale]
[Portland Oregon]
Gay Games Basketball Events
Women Need to be added.