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Contents:
- THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN
- GAY ATHLET SPORT
- OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK THORMEYER PERFORMED AT HIS PEAK AFTER G OUT AS GAY
- MATCHUP OF TWO OPENLY GAY SKIPS AT BRIER A W FOR CLIVY SPORTS
- JOHN GAY
- WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN
It has bee more and more mon for athlet to open up about their sexualy. In fact, some of today’s most popular Canadian athlet are openly gay. VIBE 105 has all the tails. * gay canadian athletes *
It wasn't until six year later that Tewksbury felt fortable enough to publicly acknowledge he was gay, and then faced repercsns for dog so — for example, he immediately lost a six-figure ntract as a motivatnal is still a price to pay for beg gay sports today. There are many plac around the world where 's not safe and some s even illegal to be openly gay.
GAY ATHLET SPORT
Three figure skaters, Amerin Jason Brown and Canadians Pl Poirier and Kalyn Weaver, me out as gay and queer for Pri Month. * gay canadian athletes *
In Iran, for example, LGBTQ people are sometim killed for beg gay, lbian or Canada, where athlet are phg boundari and creatg clive spac, has never been easier to be out, proud and thentic the field of play. (Getty Imag)'Didn't see gay people'It wasn't the same experience for Labbé, 34, a self-scribed untry girl.
I didn't see gay people or hear about them. The only gay person I knew was [TV personaly] Ellen DeGener, " Labbé said of her upbrgg near Edmonton. Two gay athlet, partners, who speak vulnerably, openly and bravely about their experienc.
OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK THORMEYER PERFORMED AT HIS PEAK AFTER G OUT AS GAY
When Canadian Mark Thormeyer fally told his team he was gay, the posive rponse fueled him the pool. * gay canadian athletes *
"It's powerful to be out and to be a gay athlete, " Simmerlg said. If I n spire, motivate or help any other athlete, whether they're gay, straight, trans, whatever, I'm happy and proud to do so.
MATCHUP OF TWO OPENLY GAY SKIPS AT BRIER A W FOR CLIVY SPORTS
A wave of rabow-loured pri, openns and acceptance is sweepg through the Olympics, wh a rerd number of openly gay petors Tokyo. Whereas LGBTQ visibily ed to make Olympic sports seem out of step wh the tim, Tokyo is shapg up as a watershed for the muny and for the Gam. * gay canadian athletes *
Simmerlg and Labbé pot to the work the COC and other groups Canada have done to make sure they, along wh many other athlet who are openly gay, feel reprented, safe and clud. "We're slowly shiftg and slowly movg to a place of global acceptance, but at the same time we know there are many parts of the world that are so eply rooted homophobia.
The Gam will likely see more openly gay, lbian and trans athlet petg than ever before. Below are FIVE Canadian gay athlet whose acplishments and breakthroughs not only have an impact Canada, but their rpected sport overall. However, beg a gay athlete has addnal challeng.
JOHN GAY
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Recently, I terviewed figure skater Eric Radford, and when asked what his biggt challenge was as a gay athlete, he said: “Overg the fear of the unknown, anxiety of how people will react. In dog so, Radford beme the first gay athlete to w a gold medal at the Wter Olympics.
Radford is an spiratn not jt for young and future gay athlet, but for all athlet across the world. She was ternally batg if g out publicly as a gay athlete would actually make a difference. In 2014, angered by Rsia’s “gay propaganda” laws durg the Wter Olympics Sochi, McLeod publicly clared her love for Amerin soccer athlete Ella Masar.
Also, young girls saw McLeod’s public announcement and beme spired to tell their parents that they are gay, cg McLeod as their role mol. McLeod g out publicly as a gay athlete has and will ntue to make a difference.
WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
Two athlet recently g out has highlighted the arth of openly gay players the world of U.S. men's profsnal sports, often dubbed "the last closet" for s lack of LGBTQ reprentatn. * gay canadian athletes *
Patterson began his wrtlg reer 1958 and, when he joed WWF 1979, he beme the first ever gay superstar wrtler.
Unfazed by his parents and wispread homophobia, Patterson nquered the super-macho world of profsnal wrtlg and was ducted to the WWE Hall of Fame 1996.