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GLEN QUAYLE IS AN OUT GAY POLE VLTER THE NCAA AND COMMONWEALTH GAM
Reprentatn at the Gam is already more than three tim greater than at Gold Coast 2018, and creasg day-by-day; Sports Media LGBT+, media partner on Pri Hoe Birmgham, workg wh historian Tony Scupham-Bilton on rearch; om prev Gam, at least 75 former petors are known to be LGBTQ+ and out; over 50 of the athlet past and prent featurg ‘Photos of Pri’ exhibn at ma Pri Hoe venue Birmgham’s Gay Village * gay athletes at commonwealth games *
The list of out athlet was piled by Jon Holm, a gay sports journalist and advote who currently ns Sports Media LGBT+, and Tony Scupham-Bilton, an expert on LGBTQ history and the world’s most-renowned expert on LGBTQ history the Olympic Gam; He ns a fantastic blog lled Queerstory Fil.
Reprentatn at the Gam is already more than three tim greater than at Gold Coast 2018, and creasg day-by-day; Sports Media LGBT+, media partner on Pri Hoe Birmgham, workg wh historian Tony Scupham-Bilton on rearch; om prev Gam, at least 75 former petors are known to be LGBTQ+ and out; over 50 of the athlet past and prent featurg ‘Photos of Pri’ exhibn at ma Pri Hoe venue Birmgham’s Gay Village. The ma Pri Hoe is loted the heart of the cy’s Gay Village, above The Loft Bar & Kchen at 143 Bromsgrove St, and was officially opened before the start of the Commonwealth Gam.
Of urse he knew there were issu; that much of the Commonwealth homosexualy is still crimalised, thanks to the Brish empire exportg dranian homophobic laws to the loni the 19th century. ”Earlier this year, BBC producers suggted that the buildup to the 2022 Commonwealth Gam he should fd out for himself jt how hard is to live as a gay athlete untri that crimalise homosexualy. Sce then, he’s done a volte-face about banng homophobic untri om hostg major sports events, and created a manifto for LGBTQ+ clivens that he is hopg will be ‑opted by the mte for everythg om the Commonwealth Gam to the has so much to say that he don’t que know where to start.