Flag football ‘Gay Bowl’ comes to Minnesota


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Teams from across the country are traveling to the Twin Cities to play in the Gay Bowl at the National Sports Center in Blaine from Oct. 8-11. All games are free to attend.

Nikhil Enugula moved to Minneapolis from Denver in 2019 and was looking for LGBTQ+ community when it was suggested to him he should try flag football. Enugula is an immigrant and had never played American football before but he was willing to try it.

He soon understood the hype and went all-in on the sport, eventually getting elected as the commissioner of Minnesota Gay Flag Football League in 2024. In that role, he has helped bring the nationwide LGBTQ+ flag football championship to Minnesota for the first time.

Minnesota is hosting the Gay Bowl XXVI from Oct. 8-11 at the National Sports Center in Blaine. More than 2,250 LGBTQ+ flag football athletes from dozens of leagues across the country that are members of the National Gay Flag Football Leag...

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