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

Guillme Cizeron is the sixth gay man to w Olympic gold figure skatg. * olympic male 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.

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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. * olympic male gay *

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.” They are petg their first Olympics this year and have prevly peted several World Champnships.

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.

OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK THORMEYER PERFORMED AT HIS PEAK AFTER G OUT AS GAY

We ma a list of gay swimmers who’ve proven themselv to be as petive as their straight bros: Olympic champns, llege swimmers, and natnal reps. * olympic male gay *

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.

G Kenworthy (@gkenworthy) is an openly gay etyle skier and a dual cizen of Great Bra and the Uned Stat.

Tom Daley and his divg partner, Matty Lee, brought home a gold medal for Team Great Bra Monday on the synchronized 10-meter platform dive, and the victory was pecially meangful for Daley his send Olympics as an openly gay man.Daley me out a YouTube vio 2013 shortly after he began datg his now-hband, Dt Lance Black. Acrdg to Outsports, there are 168 openly LGBTQ+ athlet petg at the Tokyo Gam, which is triple the then-rerd total om the 2016 Olympics (56)."I feel credibly proud to say that I’m a gay man and also an Olympic champn," Daley said via the Olympic News Service after wng gold.

THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN

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There have been at least 39 gay men to pete figure skatg at the Wter Olympic Gam over the years, wh eight publicly out men petg 2022. LGBT historian Tony Scupham-Bilton has intified the men over the years, cludg a pastakg procs of intifyg who is gay.

The gay men have bed for 15 Olympic medals, wh several ready to pete pairs figure skatg later this week.

In addn to the 37 gay men, Timothy LeDuc is nonbary and will make their Olympic but this week. German nner Otto Peltzer, who peted the 1928 and 1932 Olympics, is arrted by the Nazi regime for homosexualy.

WHY THE FIRST GAY OLYMPICS WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT SPORTS

Three figure skaters, Amerin Jason Brown and Canadians Pl Poirier and Kalyn Weaver, me out as gay and queer for Pri Month. * olympic male gay *

Tom Wadll, the man who would lnch the Gay Gam 1982, pet the thlon at the Mexi Cy Olympics, where he sixth. Has two out gay divers on s team -- David Pichler (left) and Patrick Jefey (right). Atralian diver Matthew Mcham be the first out gay male Olympic champn, wng gold the 10-meter platform Beijg.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPENLY GAY OLYMPIANS

When G Kenworthy peted at the Sochi Olympics 2014 he was aaid that someone would fd out that he is gay -- fast-forward eight years and he is out * olympic male gay *

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.

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

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

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