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

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

Dunn Sullivan is the first ex-hband of Phoebe Buffay. He is portrayed by Steve Zahn. He was a Canadian ice skater who married Phoebe to get a green rd. Dunn Sullivan was a good iend of Phoebe Buffay. Dunn was thought to be gay and he was on a green rd and he was nearly ported... * gay ice skater friends *

Dunn was thought to be gay and he was on a green rd and he was nearly ported. Six years after gettg married, Dunn returns to New York to ask Phoebe for a divorce bee he realized he's not gay and wants to marry a woman he is love wh. I knew other skaters that were gay and even officials and people the prs.

Goebel ntued: "It was my unrstandg, and I'm nfint was an unrstandg wily held by most of my ntemporari, that beg openly gay would negatively impact the abily of an athlete to reach their full potential. "There was a hidn layer of, 'don't be so gay, '" Rippon said. Oftentim, this feedback was om a gay official or judge.

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Guillme Cizeron is the sixth gay man to w Olympic gold figure skatg. * gay ice skater friends *

In a way, I know that they were tryg to protect me, but was almost them puttg out their own issu wh homophobia that they faced so that I wouldn't have to face them myself. LeDuc, who me out to his fay and iends when he was 18, stepped away om petive skatg 2014 part due a homophobic teractn wh a potential partner.

"That somebody was rrelatg beg gay wh beg weak. Tle, makg LeDuc the first openly gay pairs U. Ice dancer Joe Johnson, who me out as gay 2013, and partner Kara Manta, who me out as bisexual 2018, ma history the fall of that year as the first out LGBTQ+ ice dance team.

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