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At PyeongChang Olympics, one of two openly gay men on Team USA says beg closet ‘tak a toll on you.’

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SKIER G KENWORTHY’S NEW LIFE AS AN OPENLY GAY ACTN SPORTS STAR

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(Follow @alyroe on Twter) story is part of ESPN's ongog seri explorg what means to be an openly gay athlete the post-acceptance world. And so, as we s down together Los Angel September, he begs the only way he knows how: "I gus I should start by sayg, 'I'm gay.

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If they knew he was gay, would the kids idolize him as much? Would his iends stop g "gay" as a scriptor for all thgs that suck? Kenworthy knew he was gay as early as 5 years old and felt different om other boys.

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WHY 'S IMPORTANT THAT SKIER G KENWORTHY ME OUT AS GAY

Gay marriage is legal now, attus are changg. Take, for stance, the former sponsor who ma a c anti-gay remark about why Kenworthy was once late to a petn. Take his physil therapist, who once told Kenworthy that he uldn't even image talkg to a gay guy all night.

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("I thought, 'You've talked to a gay guy for two hours a day, four days a week for seven months. ' ")Take the nstant dmbeat of livg a culture that the words "gay" and "fag" as monly as "stoked.

Today, might be a Facebook rant or an Instagram post om a pro snowboarr who's annoyed that "skier fags" have filtrated another ntt or plag that a shoddy halfpipe is "gay.

"I'm sure there have been gay actn sports athlet the past, " Dorey says.

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Olympic ekier and X Gam star G Kenworthy first openly gay actn sports athlete - ESPN .

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