Openly gay figure skater mak U.S. Olympic team and history

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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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GAY FORMER OLYMPIAN COL JACKSON TURNED DOWN DANCG WH SAME-SEX PARTNER ON H BRISH SHOW

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Gay former Olympian Col Jackson may prefer the pany of men romantilly. It’s an amg le om Jackson, and a remr that gay men are not monolhic.

Jackson, a former Olympic silver medalist and two-time World Champn hurdler, me out publicly as gay 2017. A earlier, he nied beg gay a televisn terview. When Adam Rippon pet at the Olympics this year, will be the first time an openly gay figure skater reprents the Uned Stat an dividual event.

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But figure skatg has always provid an athletic arena for gay men, even if most historilly waed to e out publicly after their Olympic reer me to a close.

But he kept his sexualy a private matter until 2014, when the Uned Stat sent a legatn to Rsia ma up of high-profile gay athlet.

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. * jackson skater gay *

"I never felt like I need to before, so whether people figured out if I was gay or not, I had to make official, why I had to e out publicly.

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As the Sochi Olympic Gam kick off, everyone's talkg about homophobia Rsia, but nobody's talkg about figure skatg's gay problem * jackson skater gay *

But he never mentned beg gay until he started playg hockey for the Toronto Gay Hockey Associatn, where he started lerally wearg that part of his inty on his sleeve, somethg he discsed wh The Hockey News Curry, Uned Kgdom, Men's SglThe Brish skater, famo for brgg ballet and dance mov to men's sgl, won the gold at the 1976 gam Innsbck, where he also acted as flag bearer for his natn. Shortly before petg at Worlds that same year, the German newspaper Bild-Zeung outed Curry as gay, g a mor sndal Europe, but Curry went on to w the event anyway, makg him the first skater to w the European, Olympic and World champnships a sgle season, acrdg to the BBC.

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While qutns about the flamboyant skater followed him through his reer -- two Canadian broadsters ught flak and spired a Pri Hoe prott after makg homophobic ments about Weir at the 2010 Olympics -- he did not e out until 2011, when he revealed he was gay his memoir, Wele to My World.

Skaters would later say McCall's homosexualy had been an open secret wh the sport. Stt Haton his book Landg It later creded Pockar and Rob McCall for helpg him get over personal homophobia, but Haton also got cricized for posthumoly outg the O'Meara, USA, Ice DancgThe ice dancer reprented the Uned Stat at the 2006 gam Toro alongsi skatg partner Jamie Silverste.

OPENLY GAY FIGURE SKATER MAK U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM AND HISTORY

He me out publicly as gay 2008, and told that many gay skaters pete but don't discs their sexualy publicly. The gay skater prevly hoped to make the team 2006 and 2010 but fell short both years.

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.

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