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Contents:
- TOM DALEY IS DAMN PROUD TO BE AN OPENLY GAY OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST
- DIVER TOM DALEY WS GOLD: 'I AM A GAY MAN AND ALSO AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN'
- IS TOM DALEY GAY? HE'S A DIVER, SO HE MT BE
- DIVG HAS A NEW GAY PUP BOY, ANTON DOWN-JENKS FIRST KIWI OLYMPIC DIVER ALMOST 40 YEARS
- RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
- 'I FEEL VERY EMPOWERED': DIVER TOM DALEY DISCS BEG OPENLY GAY AFTER WNG GOLD
- WATCH: THE BT FROM 6 OLYMPIC GAY DIVERS
TOM DALEY IS DAMN PROUD TO BE AN OPENLY GAY OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST
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As the stereotype go, gays may not be able to drive. But they n certaly thank openly gay Brish diver Tom Daley, 27, who won Olympic gold on Monday after a 13-year pursu.
DIVER TOM DALEY WS GOLD: 'I AM A GAY MAN AND ALSO AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN'
Stereotyp are alive well Olympic sports, as gay qutns follow Tom Daley and other divers * gay diving british *
Followg his victory, Daley spoke at a prs nference about beg an openly gay Olympian. “I feel credibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn, ” Daley Lance Black, Daley’s hband and the Osr-wng screenwrer of Milk, praised his hband’s victory on Twter. Of urse he knew there were issu; that much of the Commonwealth homosexualy is still crimalised, thanks to the Brish empire exportg dranian homophobic laws to the loni the 19th century.
”Earlier this year, BBC producers suggted that the buildup to the 2022 Commonwealth Gam he should fd out for himself jt how hard is to live as a gay athlete untri that crimalise homosexualy. Sce then, he’s done a volte-face about banng homophobic untri om hostg major sports events, and created a manifto for LGBTQ+ clivens that he is hopg will be ‑opted by the mte for everythg om the Commonwealth Gam to the has so much to say that he don’t que know where to start. She had a gay iend who was killed, stoned the streets.
”The Sexual Offenc Act 1967 legalised gay sex England and Wal for nsentg adults over the age of 21 ( was fally lowered to 16 2000), but ntu to be crimalised most Commonwealth untri. Photograph: Le Korzun Mart/BBC/Zc TelevisnHe reasssed his earlier posn on banng homophobic untri om hostg major events when LGBTQ+ athlet and mpaigners told him that a ban would be another form of imperialism.
IS TOM DALEY GAY? HE'S A DIVER, SO HE MT BE
Gay Olympic role mols such as Atralian Matthew Mcham and England's Tom Daley have led the way for Anton Down-Jenks to bee the first diver * gay diving british *
He led out six athlet and activists, rryg Progrs Pri flags, om untri where homosexualy is crimalised. Then the equaly of gay marriage has been brought to qutn. Bra’s Tom Daley got his long-awaed gold medal divg on Monday at the Tokyo Olympics and livered an spirg msage to his gay fans.
“I hope that any young LGBT person out there n see that no matter how alone you feel right now, you are not alone and that you n achieve anythg and there is a whole lot of your chosen fay out here ready to support you, ” said Daley, who paired wh Matty Lee to pture the men’s synchronized 10-meter, who won bronze the dividual 10-meter platform London 2012 and a bronze the synchronized platform R 2016, clared:“I feel credibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn.
"I feel credibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn, " he said.
DIVG HAS A NEW GAY PUP BOY, ANTON DOWN-JENKS FIRST KIWI OLYMPIC DIVER ALMOST 40 YEARS
U.K. Prime Mister Rishi Sunak has apologized for the treatment of gay veterans by sayg that a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people servg the U.K. ary was “an appallg failure of the Brish state.” * gay diving british *
Here's a fact: In the entire history of the Olympics, there has never been an openly gay male gymnast.
We've had a gay thlete, nner, hurdler and high jumper, among others. Yet gymnastics, along wh divg, has been wily perceived as a "gay" sport, while the same is not said for track and field. Hence, the emails I have gotten askg whether Brish diver Tom Daley is gay (Not that I know of).
RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
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Both sports are also perceived as beg more tolerant of gay participants. It uld be that gay athlet self-select for certa sports, avoidg some seen as beg ls fans assume certa sports are gay.
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'I FEEL VERY EMPOWERED': DIVER TOM DALEY DISCS BEG OPENLY GAY AFTER WNG GOLD
" that foc almost exclively on men's divg, wh Tom Daley ont and stereotyp are by their nature oversimplified, hence the ia that divers and gymnasts are gay, while weightlifters and water polo players are not. Nothg gay about football. Yet, the late folklorist Alan Duns wrote a famo paper the 1970s that argued that football "providg as do a socially sanctned amework for male body ntact … is a form of homosexual behavr.
WATCH: THE BT FROM 6 OLYMPIC GAY DIVERS
The stigma of llg somethg gay has lost some of s stg and even we n get on the act as this SB Natn, Cyd and I did attt to. Jt be aware that gay athlet are every sport, so never assume. 3 m readGay Olympic role mols such as Atralian Matthew Mcham and England’s Tom Daley have led the way for Anton Down-Jenks to bee the first diver to reprent New Zealand at an Olympic Gam sce 1984 and be open about beg gay as the Tokyo Olympics Gam opened overnight.
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