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WTER OLYMPICS POISED TO BE GAYT EVER AS ANOTHER QUEER ATHLETE QUALIFI

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. * gay winter athletes *

At least 36 publicly out gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, queer, pansexual and non-bary athlet will be Beijg for the 2022 Wter Olympic Gam, double the amount who peted 2018, cludg the largt share of men.

“It’s always an honor to be able to reprent my untry at the Olympics, and also reprent the LGBTQ muny and ph for gay marriage Czech Republic, ” she said. A total of 186 publicly out gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, queer and nonbary athlet participated the Tokyo Gam, acrdg to Not only was that the most at any Olympics ever, but was also more than triple the number of LGBTQ athlet at the 2016 R Gam. Andrew Blaser will bee the first openly gay man to pete skeleton at the Olympics.

The 27-year-old Cizeron, who is gay, and 26-year-old Papadakis have formed a domant partnership, pturg four World Champnship tl, five European Champnship tl and seven natnal tl. Jt like Jason Brown, Canadian ice dancer Pl Poirier also me out as gay durg Pri Month 2021. Radford and partner Meagan Duhamel skated to a first-place fish the team event, makg Radford the first openly gay man to w gold at a Wter Olympics.

GAY ATHLET ARE MAKG HISTORY AT THE 2018 WTER OLYMPICS

The Wter Olympics look set to be gayt ever as another LGBT athlete qualifi, Team USA skeleton slir Andrew Blaser. * gay winter athletes *

Amerin Robert Dover was the first openly gay athlete to pete at the Olympic Gam.

Peltzer ran at the 1928 Amsterdam and 1932 Los Angel Olympics before he was arrted and imprisoned by the Nazis for his homosexualy 1935. Atralian diver Matthew Mcham was the first openly gay athlete to w gold at the Olympics.

It wasn’t until the 2018 Gam when Team USA featured s first openly gay Wter Olympians, as figure skater Adam Rippon, ekier G Kenworthy and speed skater Brtany Bowe peted PyeongChang.

WH ONLY 7 OPENLY GAY ATHLET SOCHI, THOSE CLOSET ARE ON THE WRONG SI OF HISTORY

Figure skaters Adam Rippon and Eric Radford each ma history as openly gay men who won medals at the 2018 Wter Olympics, the latt ton for Team LGBTQ. * gay winter athletes *

Rippon earned bronze the 2018 team figure skatg petn to make him the Uned Stat’ first openly gay medalist at the Wter Gam. 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. 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. 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.

ATHLET WHO ARE GAY

The gay athlete said he is ‘heartbroken’ over the cisn to exclu him om the World Champnships. * gay winter athletes *

Andrew Blaser (@andrewblaser) is an openly gay skeleton slir for Team USA. G Kenworthy (@gkenworthy) is an openly gay etyle skier and a dual cizen of Great Bra and the Uned Stat.

Atralian A-League soccer star Josh Cavallo me out as gay an October vio posted to his social media, beg hailed as the first current male top-flight profsnal soccer player to publicly do so.

"He ntued: "Growg up I always felt the need to hi myself, you know, bee I was ashamed, and ashamed I'll never be able to do what I love and be gay. In a September terview wh USA Today, 25-year-old mor league baseball player beme the only active baseball profsnal to be out as gay!

GAY ATHLET MAKE HISTORY AT WTER OLYMPICS

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Natnal Hockey League prospect Le Prokop me out as gay July, the first active player the league to e out. "I am proud to publicly tell everyone that I am gay, " he wrote a heartfelt msage on social media. The 28-year-old Natnal Football League player and Rairs fensive leman ma history when he me out as gay on Instagram durg Pri Month, beg the first veteran NFL player to e out as gay while signed to a regular-season ntract.

I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. The Bachelor star and former football player (who was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted ee agent and was on the practice squad of the Oakland Rairs and the Philalphia Eagl) me out as gay April, sayg he had fally e to terms wh his sexualy and the "next step all of this was sort of lettg people know. "He wanted everyone to know he was "still the same Colton everybody met on TV" and is "proud to be gay.

Hiltz had prevly e out as gay while llege and has been a visible and affirmg prence for gay athlet the past. Corey Walsh, the 27-year-old pro BMX rir and Vans spokperson, said he isn't normally the type of person to "let people " on his personal life, but felt was important to e out as gay a March Instagram post bee "there are a lot of people still stgglg wh the same suatns" and he "jt wanted to let people know that they are not alone. Champn long track speedskater Conor McDermott-Mostowy never hid beg gay om his fay, iends, and fellow athlet, but he also wasn't one to rate his locker wh rabow Pri flags eher.

Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib publicly me out June 2021, makg him the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL. * gay winter athletes *

He ially feared negative stereotyp about gay male athlet but threw those ncerns asi after his two-tle performance at the U.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY WINTER ATHLETES

Wter Olympics set to be gayt ever as another LGBT athlete qualifi .

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