The Commonwealth Games Federation started the 22nd Games with out Olympic diver Tom Daley carrying the torch into the stadium for the Queen's Baton Relay, the CGF's equivalent of the Olympic Torch. He was surrounded by activists carrying pride flags. The CGF has used their final relay carriers to bring attention to social issues for several years now, and Tom Daley wanted to draw attention that same-sex relations are still illegal in 35 out of 54 members of the Commonwealth, the modern-day remnants of the British Empire. Katie Sadleir, the CGF’s chief executive, told the BBC that countries where same-sex relations are illegal will be less likely to be chosen to host events in the future saying, “Human rights and inclusiveness is ingrained in our constitution. Our membership absolutely values the values that we have and they were central to our bidding process, so that would definitely be taken into consideration.”
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