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• DAME KELLY HOLM OUT AS GAY AFTER 34 YEARS AND SAYS SHE'S 'FALLY EE'
• DAME KELLY HOLM REVEALS SHE’S GAY AS BRAVE OLYMPICS HERO, 52, VOWS TO BE HER ‘REAL SELF’ AFTER MENTAL HEALTH TRMA
• STARS SHARE SUPPORT FOR DAME KELLY HOLM, 52, AS SHE OUT AS GAY
• ‘SIGNS ON MY HEAD!' KELLY HOLM HTED AT LOVE LIFE THREE YEARS BEFORE G OUT AS GAY
• BEG OUT: ELE GAY NNER DAVID MELLY PROUD OF HIS ‘WEIRDNS’
• DOUBLE OLYMPIC CHAMPN KELLY HOLM SHAR 'RELIEF' AFTER REVEALG SHE IS GAY
• COLLEGE NNER OUT AS GAY BY WRG '#BETE' ON HIS SPIK
• DAME KELLY HOLM HAILED AS AN 'SPIRATN' BY DOCUMENTARY VIEWERS AFTER G OUT AS GAY
• OPENLY GAY DARTMOUTH NNER PAYS FORWARD

DAME KELLY HOLM OUT AS GAY AFTER 34 YEARS AND SAYS SHE'S 'FALLY EE'

Dame Kelly Holm has announced she is gay. Olympic champn Dame Kelly Holm has e out as gay at the age of 52 and said she n "fally breathe".

DAME KELLY HOLM REVEALS SHE’S GAY AS BRAVE OLYMPICS HERO, 52, VOWS TO BE HER ‘REAL SELF’ AFTER MENTAL HEALTH TRMA

Dame Kelly Holm has announced that she is gay.

The sportg superstar cid to e out durg Pri Month after livg a "secret life" for first realised she was gay when she was kissed by a female ra at aged 17.

As a soldier - at a time when homosexuals were banned om the Forc - she said she felt forced to silence. Read more: 'We mand better': Thoands jo march llg for actn on skyrocketg pric “I was nvced throughout my whole life that if I admted to beg gay the Army I’d still be trouble, " she said.

STARS SHARE SUPPORT FOR DAME KELLY HOLM, 52, AS SHE OUT AS GAY

Fully aware of the mours about her sexualy, Dame Kelly told The Mirror she is grateful to be breakg the news on her own admted: “There have been lots of dark tim where I wished I uld scream that I am gay – but I uldn’t. The 52-year-old also revealed she stggled wh her mental health bee of havg to hi her sexualy, and that she had to keep several same-sex relatnships she had durg her time the Women's Royal Army Corps secret, for fear of beg urt 2000, was illegal for gay, lbian and bisexual people to serve the Brish Army, Royal Navy and RAF - and Dame Kelly feared she would still face repercsns for breakg that law durg her time the ntacted a ary LGBTQ+ lear 2020 to fd out if she uld be sanctned for breakg army l and was told she would not said: "I felt like I uld breathe aga, one ltle ll uld have saved 28 years of heartache. Atralian A-League soccer star Josh Cavallo me out as gay an October vio posted to his social media, beg hailed as the first current male top-flight profsnal soccer player to publicly do so.

‘SIGNS ON MY HEAD!' KELLY HOLM HTED AT LOVE LIFE THREE YEARS BEFORE G OUT AS GAY

I'm a footballer and I'm gay. "He ntued: "Growg up I always felt the need to hi myself, you know, bee I was ashamed, and ashamed I'll never be able to do what I love and be gay. In a September terview wh USA Today, 25-year-old mor league baseball player beme the only active baseball profsnal to be out as gay!

BEG OUT: ELE GAY NNER DAVID MELLY PROUD OF HIS ‘WEIRDNS’

Natnal Hockey League prospect Le Prokop me out as gay July, the first active player the league to e out.

"I am proud to publicly tell everyone that I am gay, " he wrote a heartfelt msage on social media. The 28-year-old Natnal Football League player and Rairs fensive leman ma history when he me out as gay on Instagram durg Pri Month, beg the first veteran NFL player to e out as gay while signed to a regular-season ntract.

I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay.

DOUBLE OLYMPIC CHAMPN KELLY HOLM SHAR 'RELIEF' AFTER REVEALG SHE IS GAY

The Bachelor star and former football player (who was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted ee agent and was on the practice squad of the Oakland Rairs and the Philalphia Eagl) me out as gay April, sayg he had fally e to terms wh his sexualy and the "next step all of this was sort of lettg people know. "He wanted everyone to know he was "still the same Colton everybody met on TV" and is "proud to be gay.

COLLEGE NNER OUT AS GAY BY WRG '#BETE' ON HIS SPIK

Hiltz had prevly e out as gay while llege and has been a visible and affirmg prence for gay athlet the past. Corey Walsh, the 27-year-old pro BMX rir and Vans spokperson, said he isn't normally the type of person to "let people " on his personal life, but felt was important to e out as gay a March Instagram post bee "there are a lot of people still stgglg wh the same suatns" and he "jt wanted to let people know that they are not alone. Champn long track speedskater Conor McDermott-Mostowy never hid beg gay om his fay, iends, and fellow athlet, but he also wasn't one to rate his locker wh rabow Pri flags eher.

DAME KELLY HOLM HAILED AS AN 'SPIRATN' BY DOCUMENTARY VIEWERS AFTER G OUT AS GAY

He ially feared negative stereotyp about gay male athlet but threw those ncerns asi after his two-tle performance at the U.

OPENLY GAY DARTMOUTH NNER PAYS FORWARD

Published: 22:06, 18 Jun 2022Updated: 15:43, 19 Jun 2022OLYMPICS legend Dame Kelly Holm has revealed she's gay - after livg a "secret life" for s.

5Olympics hero Dame Kelly Holm has revealed she's gay and a relatnship after stgglg wh her mental health for yearsCred: Getty. Dame Kelly, who served the Army, told the Sunday Mirror she first realised she was gay when she kissed another female soldier at the age of jt 17. Dame Kelly feared she'd "still be trouble" if she'd admted to beg gay while the Army, although fay and close iends have known of her sexualy for years.

5Dame Kelly first knew she was gay when she kissed another female soldier at the age of 17Cred: Not known, clear wh picture sk. Alan Carr, Oti Mabe and Iwan Thomas were among the famo fac to share their support for Dame Kelly Holm after she publicly me out as gay.