Dame Kelly Holm has announced she is gay, and says she has hidn for 34 years.
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- DAME KELLY HOLM: OLYMPIC CHAMPN ANNOUNC SHE IS GAY - AND KEPT HIDN FOR 34 YEARS
- DON'T FET THE 8 LBIAN ATHLET WHO STOOD UP FOR GAY RIGHTS
- ATHLET WHO ARE GAY
DAME KELLY HOLM: OLYMPIC CHAMPN ANNOUNC SHE IS GAY - AND KEPT HIDN FOR 34 YEARS
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DON'T FET THE 8 LBIAN ATHLET WHO STOOD UP FOR GAY RIGHTS
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""I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playg a major Amerin team sport. "In 2016, he dited a match to the victims of the gay nightclub shootg at Pulse Orlando, Florida. While playg, everyone on the team knew Burke was gay, but the general public did not.
ATHLET WHO ARE GAY
Insir is highlightg out and proud athlet who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and more honor of pri month. * gay female athletes *
Followg Burke, Billy Bean is one of the first to publicly e out as gay the MLB.
In the days followg his g out, former Missouri fensive end Michael Sam has enjoyed an outpourg of support om current NFL players and fans alike. Wh this announcement, he will bee the first active openly gay male athlete Amerin… * gay female athletes *
David Denson was playg for the Milwkee Brewers when he me out as gay an terview 2015. I showed jt bee I'm gay don't make me any different or ls of a person, " Denson told the Milwkee Journal Sentel 2017. I was offend, bee beg gay is no way offensive, but more so bee was and always has been/felt very tsive.
Adam Rippon, a figure skater, was the first openly gay Amerin to qualify for the Olympics. "One time, I was the fourth gra and somebody said, 'Oh, bee you skate, you're gay, '" Rippon told Today 2019. I felt embarrassed and I didn't know why and I didn't even know what beg gay really meant.