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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. * gay skater cast *

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.

Five other gay athlet have been named as alternat.

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In addn to the 37 gay men, Timothy LeDuc is nonbary and will make their Olympic but this week. Six of the gay men to pete have won Olympic gold medals:.

Olympic team that morng, makg him the first out gay athlete to reprent the Uned Stat at the Wter haven’t been a lot of skaters who have e out of durg their petive skatg reers. And while another openly gay skater, Johnny Weir, is a two-time Olympian 2006 and 2010, he didn’t officially e out until 2011, after his Olympic reer was then there’s Rippon.

When asked what sort of obstacl a gay skater fac g out, or tryg to, Rippon c figure skatg’s reputatn as a so-lled “gay” sport as one of those challeng. “I thk there’s this prenceived notn that, like, everyone figure skatg is gay, there’s such a phback that you know, ‘No, and not everybody is, ” he says. The mpaign was quickly scrapped and s very existence was even nied after was acced of beg homophobic.

THERE ARE 8 OUT GAY MALE SKATERS AT THE OLYMPICS. IN 2014, THERE WERE 0.

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

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