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THERE ARE A RERD 11 OPENLY GAY MALE OLYMPIANS R. NONE IS AN AMERIN.

Trackg the performance and rults of every publicly out gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr athlete R for the 2016 Summer Olympics. * 2016 olympic gay *

Human Rights mpaign timat that there are at least 41 openly lbian, gay and bisexual Olympians – up om 23 that participated London 2012 – though puts that number much higher at 49. “I’ve seen a big crease terms of [gay] athlet and spectators” says LGBT analyst Charley Walters, who has vered the last eight Olympic gam and vered LGBT athlet extensively.

The majory of out athlet are women, and there are no US men who’ve e out as gay before the Olympics. Outsports reports that football fans at the openg match of the Olympic women’s soccer tournament chanted homophobic slurs at some of the players. The 2016 Summer Olympics R has a rerd number of publicly out lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr athlet.

There are 44 lbian or bi women, 11 gay men and no out transgenr Olympians.

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

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. * 2016 olympic gay *

When the Olympics start this weekend R Janeiro, there will be a rerd 41 publicly out gay, lbian and bisexual athlet.

Includ this total are a rerd 11 gay male athlet. Diver Patrick Jefey was openly gay as a diver the 1996 Olympics.

GAY BRISH OLYMPIAN TOM BOSWORTH PROPOS TO BOYIEND AT R GAM – LOOK

Gay Brish track and field athlete Tom Bosworth proposed to his boyiend Harry Deley while R Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics. * 2016 olympic gay *

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. 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).

"We're disabled and we're gay, " says Abby Dunk of the gold medal women's wheelchair basketball team. Brish Olympian wh gay dad retir to bee an ally to LGBTQ athlet. Still no apology om wrer on gay Olympics story.

Q: WHY DO GAY MEN LOVE THE OLYMPICS? A: ISN’T IT OBV?

The U.S. Olympic Team is prised of 554 athlet, eight of whom are openly gay. All eight of them are women. NBC OUT Contributor Jason Page asks, "Where my boys at?" * 2016 olympic gay *

Team LGBT medal unt beats every anti-gay untry.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * 2016 olympic gay *

Not even the anti-gay untry of Jamai, wh s 11 medals, uld e close to the performance of publicly out gay, lbian and bisexual athlet at the R Olympics.

Gay Asie Olympian was out and proud R.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

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R Gam are the gayt Olympics ever. NBC profil married gay beach volleyball player.

"There will surely be more gay married upl who pete at the same Gam, eher together or otherwise, " not USA Today reporter Mart Rogers. His gay and lbian iends San Francis, though, had never experienced an event as thrillg or movg as the openg ceremony.

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