Adam Rippon may be the first out figure skater to pete the Olympics, but he's not the only gay man to have land an axel on the world stage.
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GAYROLLERS AND BUNNI
GayRollers and Bunni.
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16 GAY AND BI OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS
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But he kept his sexualy a private matter until 2014, when the Uned Stat sent a legatn to Rsia ma up of high-profile gay athlet. "I never felt like I need to before, so whether people figured out if I was gay or not, I had to make official, why I had to e out publicly.
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