'About time': Gay athlet unleash rabow wave on Olympics

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LGBTQ Olympians om around the world will pete the Wter Olympics. Get to know the gay, lbian, bi, trans and queer athlet of the 2022 Gam.

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WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE

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At least 186 publicly out gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, queer and nonbary athlet were Tokyo for the Summer Olympic Gam, more than triple the number who participated at the 2016 R Gam. “Competg at the Olympics as an openly gay athlete is pretty amazg, ” Canadian swimmer Mark Thormeyer told Outsports. Thormeyer was not out when he peted at the 2016 R Olympics and me out publicly as gay a 2020 say for Outsports.

‘ABOUT TIME’: GAY ATHLET UNLEASH RABOW WAVE ON OLYMPICS

Tom Wadll, an athlete the 1968 Olympics, created the Gay Gam first held 1982 to celebrate LGBTQ cln. The Gay Gam are still held to this day wh the next round schled for 2022 Hong Kong. * gay athletes at olympics *

Elissa Alarie (Canada)#Brt Benn (Canada)#Kelly Brazier (New Zealand)Gayle Broughton (New Zealand)#Isadora Cello (Brazil) Lren Doyle (USA)#Mara Fravanti (Brazil)#Megan Jon (Bra)Alev Kelter (USA)Ghislae Landry (Canada)#Kaili Lan (Canada)#Celia Quansah (Bra)Kristen Thomas (USA)Ruby Tui (New Zealand)#Sharni Williams (Atralia)Portia Woodman (New Zealand). After g out as gay an Instagram post 2020, Bank hop to show younger athlet “that they n be whomever they are, or want to be, whout discrimatn. Aymoz is openly gay, g out the documentary “We Need to Talk” 2021.

Jason Brown (@jasonbskat) is an openly gay figure skater reprentg Team USA.

A wave of rabow-lored pri, openns and acceptance is sweepg through wh a rerd number of openly gay petors Tokyo. * gay athletes at olympics *

Guillme Cizeron (@GuillmeCIZ) is an openly gay figure skater petg for Team France. Lewis Gibson (@Lewisgibson4) is an openly gay figure skater reprentg Team Great Bra. Pl Poirier (@PlDPoirier) is an openly gay figure skater on Team Canada.

More than 160 openly lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer athlet are due to participate the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, makg this year's Gam the most clive ever. * gay athletes at olympics *

Radford ma history as the first petive figure skater to e out as gay while still petg for champnship tl 2014, pavg the way for future LGBTQ+ athlet to e out.

Andrew Blaser (@andrewblaser) is an openly gay skeleton slir for Team USA.

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