The National Gay Basketball Association (NGBA) is an LGBTQ sports organization which exists to promote gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender athletic participation in basketball.[1]
Founded in 2003 by Mark Chamebrs,[2] who also co-founded the Lambda Basketball League,[3] 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.[4] The organizational board, consisting of Mark Chambers, Ted Cappas,[5] Jeff Hermann[6] and Rob Smithermann,[7] 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.[8]
The inaugural World Gay Basketball Championships were scheduled for May 2020 in South Florida.[9]