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.
Contents:
- THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST
- JOHNNY WEIR OUT: FLAMBOYANT FIGURE SKATER ADMS NEW TOBGRAPHY HE'S GAY
- 16 GAY AND BI OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS
- A LOOK BACK AT RUDY GALDO, THE OPENLY GAY FIGURE SKATER WHO MA HISTORY
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. * gay ice skating announcer *
Gay NBC figure skatg mentator Johnny Weir has been the target of some cricism durg the Olympics. The heat directed at the out gay figure skatg champn hasn't e om anti-gay Rsians, but om gay Amerins here at home. We mt do everythg we n to stand up to those homophob!
Yet here we have a well-known gay Amerin - Johnny Weir - dog that very thg, standg up to the Rsians and refg to back away om who he is, and LGBT people are slightg and attackg him for . The out gay journalist appeared as a gut on another CNN show over the weekend to lob anti-feme jabs at Johnny.
JOHNNY WEIR OUT: FLAMBOYANT FIGURE SKATER ADMS NEW TOBGRAPHY HE'S GAY
Johnny Weir admted Thursday what he's tried half-heartedly to hi all the years: He's gay. * gay ice skating announcer *
"No one lik a gay mstrel show, " Lemon said, "so let's jt put that out there. About some of his flamboyant and over the top and all those, seems those are the people who get the attentn, but they don't reprent all of gay Ameri. You don't have to be a whe, middle-aged gay sports fan om Massachetts to reprent me.
But cryg Johnny for beg a "gay mstrel show" and plag that he's gettg too much attentn for sends Lemon's very clear msage. Too often we get ught up worryg about stereotypil portrayals of gay men.
Yet when to more "feme, " "flamboyant" men who f the age-old stereotyp of gay men, some feel the need to lash out.
16 GAY AND BI OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS
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. * gay ice skating announcer *
Here we have an out and out-there gay man hired by Olympic broadst work NBC to provi mentary on his sport and to do his job. They have embraced Johnny all his overtly flamboyant gayns.
A LOOK BACK AT RUDY GALDO, THE OPENLY GAY FIGURE SKATER WHO MA HISTORY
Johnny's very public profile do not dimish the liv and experienc of other gay men who prefer blue jeans and football to a pk jacket and an afternoon at the ice rk. For many people, "flamboyance" is the fg characteristic of gay men.
In a untry where gay "propaganda" is outlawed some s, and gay men are beg dragged off the streets by gangs, Johnny is makg a powerful statement simply by beg there and "beg Johnny. " When he shows up on a fishg excursn wearg a fur at and signer sunglass, giv the Rsians around him pse for jt a moment - The gay people they hear about on TV aren't so far away, even if for jt the afternoon. I'm proud of the gay men who are stereotypilly "flamboyant.
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.