Hig Roberts, World Cup Alpe Skier, Com Out as Gay

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An Olympic champn has a bizarre and homophobic take on why she thks there are no gay male pro skiers.

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HIG ROBERTS SAYS LIFE IS ‘GENTLER AND EASIER’ SCE G OUT AS GAY LAST MONTH

The athlete is now the first male World Cup alpe skier the world to publicly e out as gay, but the journey was no piic. * skiing gay olympic *

You n listen to the nversatn wh gay alpe skier Hig Roberts on the Megaphone player, or by visg Spotify for an easy browser player. The first male ternatnal alpe ski petor to e out publicly, Roberts feels he has a rponsibily to help LGBTQ people skig see the acceptance that’s lyg there unr the surface, and to help everyone else skig fd ways to improve the environment the sport for gay athlet.

He said he was growg to accept that he was gay as a young man, but as he beme more succsful on the ski slop and saw no out gay men the sport, he felt he had to hi who he was. Natnal team, has e out as gay. "I didn't know what gay was terms of how that uld exist the spac I loved and the spac I found myself, which was sports, " he says.

"I was not sure if what I was feelg was matchg up wh the way I was perceivg gayns at that time, which was obvly a wrong [pictn].

U.S. OLYMPIC SKIER G KENWORTHY OUT AS GAY

The Olympic skier who helped fd hom for five stray dogs om Sochi now out as gay ESPN The Magaze to be ee and help others fd their way through their journeys. * skiing gay olympic *

"I was tryg to balance the feelgs of beg gay but also not tly believg that [I] uld be succsful such a mascule sport. There were moments where you hear homophobic slurs, and, you know, I was relyg on lots of sponsors to stay alive or equipment for money.

And I would hear thgs that would make me very hant to believe that my reer uld ntue while also beg an intifiable gay man.

OLYMPIAN SAYS GAY MEN ARE WARDS, SO THERE AREN’T GAY MALE PRO SKIERS

I wasn't able to be openly gay and be the person that I wanted to be.

After g out as gay an Instagram post 2020, Bank hop to show younger athlet “that they n be whomever they are, or want to be, whout discrimatn. Aymoz is openly gay, g out the documentary “We Need to Talk” 2021.

Jason Brown (@jasonbskat) is an openly gay figure skater reprentg Team USA. Guillme Cizeron (@GuillmeCIZ) is an openly gay figure skater petg for Team France.

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U.S. Olympic skier G Kenworthy out as gay - Outsports .

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