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
- OAKS PARK GAY SKATE IS ON A ROLL
- 16 GAY AND BI OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS
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 roller blading *
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I do, as people wh the mdset of beg unol or maybe havg ternalized homophobia om the word have still mataed that mdset. To me this feels silently homophobic/transphobic/sexist some s, or at least implied.
He/Him, Gay. I’m lucky a way to be a young, whe, gay man as there are other parts of the lgbtqia+ muny who are not always as easily accepted.
OAKS PARK GAY SKATE IS ON A ROLL
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Another thg that seems to e up is this ia that somehow someon skill level giv their sexualy a pass, I’ve fely heard a few “did you know he was gay?
Image stgglg wh your sexualy as a teenager, participatg this sport/muny you loved while beg faced wh homophobia that often rulted your iends assertg very strongly how they’re not gay, bladg isn’t gay, how beg lled gay was the worst sult anyone uld thk of.
It put a chip on my shoulr, created ternalized homophobia and ma me want to be anythg but myself for a long time.
16 GAY AND BI OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS
From where I s, bladg still feels some need to make sure everyone knows how not “gay” we are. I wasn’t gay or a transvte. Admtedly I was homophobic growg up, as a self-fense mechanism.
Currently I intify myself as a ‘Gay’ person, but really si me I feel openly ‘Bisexual’ sce I do not le out that the future I may have relatnships wh women. I thought that people were the same homophobic than soccer or even more.