An Italian open water swimmg star has bee the first Italian Olympic athlete at the R 2016 gam to publicly e out as gay wh an spiratnal msage about acceptance.
Contents:
- TOM DALEY AFTER WNG GOLD: ‘I'M GAY AND AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN'
- OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK THORMEYER PERFORMED AT HIS PEAK AFTER G OUT AS GAY
- GAY OLYMPICS SWIMMER MAK WAV AND OUT OF THE WATER
TOM DALEY AFTER WNG GOLD: ‘I'M GAY AND AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN'
When Canadian Mark Thormeyer fally told his team he was gay, the posive rponse fueled him the pool. * italian gay olympic swimmer *
The victory was pecially meangful for Daley his send Olympics as an openly gay man.
"I feel credibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn, " said Daley who was visibly emotnal.
Daley's Amerin-born hband won a screenwrg Osr 2008 for “Milk, " the bgraphil film based on the life of gay rights activist and polician Harvey Milk. Swimmer Mark Thormeyer was a wreck leadg up to the 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials, his hidg beg gay so taxg and bilatg that one day he broke down and lay helpls on his bedroom floor. And German diver Timo Barthel gave Outsports some thoughts on beg not “gay” or “straight.
OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK THORMEYER PERFORMED AT HIS PEAK AFTER G OUT AS GAY
Before he head to Tokyo, Team USA rerve Nick Wagman gave Outsports the first terview of him talkg about beg gay. An Italian open water swimmg star has bee the first Italian Olympic athlete at the R 2016 gam to publicly e out as gay wh an spiratnal msage about acceptance.
GAY OLYMPICS SWIMMER MAK WAV AND OUT OF THE WATER
LGBT rights advot Italy said the moment was historic as she is believed to be the first Italian athlete at the 2016 gam to e out as gay. The head of Arcigay, the biggt gay rights group Italy, Piazzoni, said the g out msage had “credible force”. “It is not credible that there are no gay Italian footballers.
Bosworth and his boyiend were the send gay uple to engaged at this year’s gam, after a gby sevens player was proposed to by her girliend. At the weekend, a Brazilian judo champn me out publicly as gay an terview durg the R Olympics. In May, the openly gay Fnish swimmer won the 50-meter etyle at the European champnships, ls than three months before he is set to swim the same race, along wh the 100-meter etyle, Tokyo.
But was jt before the 2014 Wter Olympics Sochi, Rsia, (where they obvly don’t have swimmg) where the 6-10 Fn ma his biggt splash, when he me out as gay. “I wanted to jo the discsn relatn to Sochi, sce is a sad fact that the Rsian gay law affects negatively Rsian young people’s liv and g human rights general, he told the Fnish Natnal TV Channel YLE’s “Sports Weekend” show at the time.