Olympic divg legend Greg Louganis [he/him], 61, won four gold medals across back-to-back Olympic Gam, 1984 and 1988. He me out publicly as gay at the Gay Gam 1994.
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- CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: GREG LOUGANIS OUT AS GAY
- GREG LOUGANIS’S MASSIVE NET WORTH & GAY LOVE WH HBAND | DETAILED
- “ME LLAMO GREG LOUGANIS, SOY GAY Y SOY SEROPOSIVO”: LA SPIRADORA HISTORIA L MPEóN OLíMPI QUE SE ENENTó AL MUNDO
CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: GREG LOUGANIS OUT AS GAY
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GREG LOUGANIS’S MASSIVE NET WORTH & GAY LOVE WH HBAND | DETAILED
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“ME LLAMO GREG LOUGANIS, SOY GAY Y SOY SEROPOSIVO”: LA SPIRADORA HISTORIA L MPEóN OLíMPI QUE SE ENENTó AL MUNDO
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Today, a look back at that day 1994 that -founr Jim Buzski scribed as the first time Olympian Greg Louganis publicly acknowledged he is gay.