Bra's Olympic divg champn Tom Daley has nmned anti-gay polici across Commonwealth natns on the eve of the Commonwealth Gam openg ceremony Birmgham on Thursday.
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- OPENLY GAY DIVERS MATTHEW MCHAM, TOM DALEY W GOLD, SILVER AT COMMONWEALTH GAM
- 5 TIM OPENLY GAY DIVER MATTHEW MCHAM SLAYED, AND OUT OF HIS SPEEDOS
- OLYMPIC DIVG CHAMP TOM DALEY NMNS ANTI-GAY POLICI ACROSS COMMONWEALTH NATNS
OPENLY GAY DIVERS MATTHEW MCHAM, TOM DALEY W GOLD, SILVER AT 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 divers commonwealth games *
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.
And an effort to uplift other LGBTQ athlet and activists—some om untri where homosexualy is outlawed—Daley brought along six other out petors and public figur om the Commonwealth. It’s one thg for one of the most famo gay athlet the world to e his platform to advote for our muny on the world stage.
Alimi, for stance, is the first gay man to e out publicly on Nigerian televisn. And Chand has broken barriers as the Indian natnal team’s first openly gay athlete. He explaed to the media: “I’ve experienced homophobia all my life, petg untri where ’s illegal to be me and where I don’t feel safe to leave the venue I’m petg .
5 TIM OPENLY GAY DIVER MATTHEW MCHAM SLAYED, AND OUT OF HIS SPEEDOS
The Olympic diver has always been proud to reprent his untry. But makg a documentary about gay rights the Commonwealth led to a revelatn * gay divers commonwealth games *
As a gay athlete who has won multiple FINA World Seri medals Vladimir Put’s Rsia, Daley’s life experienc have helped him empathize wh out petors like Chand and Jamain swimmer Michael Gunng. What's notable is that both Mcham and Daley are openly gay.
OLYMPIC DIVG CHAMP TOM DALEY NMNS ANTI-GAY POLICI ACROSS COMMONWEALTH NATNS
Mcham will forever be celebrated as the first out gay Olympic gold medalist, but he jt add another big "first" to his long list of acplishments. * gay divers commonwealth games *
It is always tricky to highlight an athlete's sexual orientatn when wrg the stori, but sce we are a gay sports webse, that has to be the foc.
Daley and Mcham are not gay divers, they are divers who happen to be gay. 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.