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WTER OLYMPICS: THREE OPENLY GAY MEN PETE FOR A SPOT ON U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM

John Fennell, G Kenworthy and Adam Rippon uld be the first openly gay U.S. men to ever pete the Wter Olympics. * gay olympic canoeist *

Homosexualy was crimalized Rsia 1993, but the untry still has a dismal reputatn when to LGBTQ rights, thanks large part to a 2013 law that banned the spread of gay “propaganda. He is joed by figure skater Adam Rippon and etyle skier G Kenworthy, who me out publicly after wng the silver medal openly gay man has never peted for the U. But while Sochi set motn the cln of lbian, gay and bisexual athlet to this clse, transgenr and tersex athlet are still not protected unr the Olympic VS.

FORMER OLYMPIC CANOEIST MATT LISTER: ‘PEOPLE BRAND ME AS A GAY ATHLETE’ – WATCH

Former Olympic noeist Matt Lister is speakg out about homophobia sports and his experience beg brand a gay athlete. * gay olympic canoeist *

Of the 56 gay athlet R, there were 44 women and 11 men, spe women reprentg ls than half of the approximately 10, 500 Olympic athlet that year. “For men, there’s always been this ntradictn or stereotype that beg gay means you’re not mascule, and only mascule people play sports, ” Jim Buzski, -founr of Outsports, May, the programs ordator at OutRight Actn Internatnal, the only U.

OLYMPIAN SAYS GAY MEN ARE WARDS, SO THERE AREN’T GAY MALE PRO SKIERS

An Olympic champn has a bizarre and homophobic take on why she thks there are no gay male pro skiers. * gay olympic canoeist *

”May, whose wife is former Olympic swimmer Casey Legler, said gay men have historilly not found as much sanctuary sports as lbians and bisexual women Jean Kg stands on the urt durg a match at Wimbledon Imag“Most petive sports are seen as the epome of achievement for masculy, which is also assumed to be straight, so there is not a lot of room for difference those narrativ, ” she explaed, addg that female athlet are often “already transgrsg expectatns around their genr jt orr to pete. OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRIESThe list of openly gay Amerin male Olympians is short — very short. Then there was openly gay diver Patrick Jefey, who peted the 1996 Olympic Gam U.

THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST

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Sce 2004, gay men om Great Bra, the Netherlands, Fland, New Zealand, Atralia, Brazil and Tonga have seems to be a misnceptn about how liberal the U. Is when to gay rights. Consir gay marriage around the world.

Enacted legislatn 2015 that allows same-sex upl to marry, gay marriage has been wily accepted several other untri — like Netherlands (2000), Belgium (2003), Spa (2005), Swen (2009) and Argenta (2010) — for years now.

”Four-time Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis speculated that his mored homosexualy is most likely why Wheati did not put him on s cereal box after the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. While mors swirled about his sexualy durg his Olympic days, Louganis didn’t e out publicly until the Gay Gam 1994.

‘PEOPLE BRAND ME AS A GAY ATHLETE’ SAYS EX-OLYMPIC NOEIST MATT LISTER, AS NEW STUDY FDS HOMOPHOBIA STILL PREVALENT SPORT

Former Olympics athlete Matt Lister says ‘lots of people brand me as a gay athlete’ and warns there is a ‘hooligan-kd of atmosphere’ wh certa sports. * gay olympic canoeist *

” By g out, he add, athlet “help remove the stigma that there’s somethg wrong wh beg gay. It tells the world that you n be a succsful athlete and be gay and ’s not an oxymoron.

”Now that he’s publicly out, Fennell said he hop he n set an example for LGBTQ asked what would have meant for him to have seen an openly gay Olympic luger when he was young, Fennell said, “I thk I wouldn’t have had some of the stggl I had g out.

And German diver Timo Barthel gave Outsports some thoughts on beg not “gay” or “straight.

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. * gay olympic canoeist *

Before he head to Tokyo, Team USA rerve Nick Wagman gave Outsports the first terview of him talkg about beg gay. Former Olympic noeist Matt Lister is speakg out about homophobia sports.

Lister told The Eveng Standard, “Lots of people brand me as a gay athlete, but to me I was jt an athlete that was gay. Lister, now an LGBT ambassador for the Brish Athlet Commissn and workg wh UK gay rights anizatn Stonewall as a school role mol, also said that there is a “hooligan-kd of atmosphere” wh certa sports.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

Explore gay Mosw wh Mr Hudson. The bt of Mosw for the discerng gay man. Where to sleep, eat, drk, shop and play. * gay olympic canoeist *

The report shows that “football fans are the most likely to hear homophobic abe, wh 72 per cent of fans hearg while watchg live sports the past five years.

Acrdg to The Eveng Standard, the study found 18- to 24-year olds are twice as likely to say they would be embarrassed if their favore sports star me out as gay.

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

Pl, 2019 Pan Am Gam gold medallist Tomas Gonzalez out as gay and a look back at Team France on the uneven bars at Athens 2004 * gay olympic canoeist *

RELATED: Gay Former Canoeg Champ Matt Lister Strips Down and Shows Off His Fur – WATCH. And we found that young people are more exposed to homophobia onle. “Recent verage at the Olympics showed that there's not jt a problem wh sports fans when to homophobia – we also saw some of the verage and mentary, which dited tolerance and people feelg unfortable wh LGBT people on televisn.

She also has some odd and homophobic views when asked if there were gay skiers on the pro skig circu.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY OLYMPIC CANOEIST

There have been 39 gay Olympic figure skaters. Here’s the list - Outsports .

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