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The Olympic skier who helped fd hom for five stray dogs om Sochi now out as gay ESPN The Magaze to be ee and help others fd their way through their journeys.

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HOW THIS GAY OLYMPIC SKI JUMPER DID THE IMPOSSIBLE

Eric Mchell was jt a kid when he cid he had to be part of the Olympic ski jumpg team. As he grew to his sport, he also realized he uldn't ntue to hi the fact that he's gay. Stori om Sochi changed his fear to termatn. * olympic gay ski jumper *

By then I knew I was gay. "Fag" this and "gay" that were tossed around the facili as sual words meant to motivate and build mararie amongst a straight crowd. "I was a pretty homophobic sports system for sure.

My ach and teammat, not that they had anythg agast gay people, but they had gay jok nng all the time. Rsian lawmakers had outlawed the "promotn" of LGBT people to youth, srg the hell out of many gay Olympians. One of those was Canadian luger John Fennell, who me out publicly as gay weeks after the 2014 Wter Oympic Gam.

"John told me how alone and terrible he felt beg a untry that put a spotlight on how wasn't OK to be gay Rsia.

U.S. OLYMPIC SKIER G KENWORTHY OUT AS GAY

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"I've been able to read other stori of other gay athlet, and they have been powerful to me. G Kenworthy, who won a silver medal skig's sloptyle event at the 2014 Wter Olympics, has e out as gay the latt issue of ESPN The Magaze.

And so, as we s down together Los Angel September, he begs the only way he knows how: "I gus I should start by sayg, ‘I'm gay. Md you, Kenworthy was gog through this as a gay men Sochi.

Associated PrsFeb 9, 2014, 09:23 AM ETKRASNAYA POLYANA, Rsia -- An openly gay women's ski jumper says protts agast Rsia's law banng homosexual "propaganda" aimed at mors aren't worth bee "no one r.

GAY SKI JUMPER: PROTTS NOT WORTH

And German diver Timo Barthel gave Outsports some thoughts on beg not “gay” or “straight. Before he head to Tokyo, Team USA rerve Nick Wagman gave Outsports the first terview of him talkg about beg gay.

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