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Ben Qun has thrived as an openly gay teenager nservative Indiana.

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OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK THORMEYER PERFORMED AT HIS PEAK AFTER G OUT AS GAY

When Canadian Mark Thormeyer fally told his team he was gay, the posive rponse fueled him the pool. * gay swimer *

Swimmer Mark Thormeyer was a wreck leadg up to the 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials, his hidg beg gay so taxg and bilatg that one day he broke down and lay helpls on his bedroom floor.

We’re two swimmers and bt iends, both llege, who happen to be gay. Before we tell you the story of how two gay swimmers helped each other e out, we want to share some background about each of . I was always good at hidg my emotns and phg my feelgs ep si, so I had no problem hidg that I was gay until high school.

TWO GAY SWIMMERS ARE BT IENDS AND EACH OTHER’S ROCK

Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay swimer *

On top of everythg else I was a petive swimmer, a sport known for beg “more gay” bee my uniform was a ty piece of fabric jt large enough to ver “my stuff” and I went to a private, Catholic high school. I was aaid of tellg my teammat that I was gay bee I feared they would look at me differently or my guy iends would distance themselv.

The hard part was the lonely, dark place I put myself when faced wh the realy that people knew I was gay. I’ve had such hard time g to terms wh my sexualy bee I was sred that my fay would hate me bee homosexualy is a s. At my school, swimmg was nsired a “gay” sport bee of our ltle Speedos.

THE GAY VERSN OF SI'S SWIMSU ISSUE

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Even though I wanted to jt be “normal, ” that was not the ma reason I uldn’t wrap my head around wh beg gay.

THIS GAY SWIMMER JT WON ANOTHER MEDAL & HE’S GUNNG FOR THE OLYMPICS

We ma a list of gay swimmers who’ve proven themselv to be as petive as their straight bros: Olympic champns, llege swimmers, and natnal reps. * gay swimer *

Josh are you gay?

Fast forward to fay weekend, my sophomore year at the Universy of Arizona 2015, when I fally felt fortable wh my fay knowg.

GAY SWIMMER, BISEXUAL LACROSSE PLAYER AMONG NCAA ATHLET SHARG THEIR CLN STORI

Josh opened the text and all said was, “I’m gay, Josh.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

In his sophomore year of llege, Josh fell to a ep prsn. Sports reprented clu swimmg, divg, volleyball, bodybuildg, soccer, Asie Rul Football, gby and first two photos the gallery are openly gay Olympic divers Tom Daley and Asie Matthew Mcham (2nd om left the group photo).

) shot of Cristiano Ronaldo, maybe the gayt straight man the world. Nick is only out gay swimmer on the U.

Though he says he’s been out to iends and fay for years, Nick publicly me out as gay Febary. In a TV terview, he said he wants to show other young gay swimmers they’re not alone. Sce g out, Nick says the reactn has been nothg but posive–showg that gay people belong the pool.

FOR GAY OH STATE SWIMMER, POOL BEME HIS SAFE SPACE

Among them are a gay swimmer, a queer swimmer, a bisexual lacrosse player and an out softball player.

THIS GAY HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMER HAS MOM ACHG HIM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY

“As a gay athlete my story matters bee when I was the closet, the people who were out and proud gave me urage and strength to be myself, ” said Robbie Dgherty, a junr swimmer for the Willamette Universy Bearts Oregon, one of the vios posted on Twter wh the hashtag #NCAAIncln. Racg briefs are also rigr for swimmers, water polo players and divers, and wily embraced by the gay muny. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.

The two most proment thgs that make up my inty are beg a swimmer and beg gay. I didn’t know if I uld be gay and swim (at the time I didn’t even know if gay people uld play any sport).

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Over time my teammat didn’t jt see me as a gay guy but as a valuable teammate and iend and out of the pool. I do so I n try to be a role mol for a stgglg gay kid swimmg, someone I wish I had to look up to when I was younger. Homophobia is still a very relevant issue wh swimmg and has been observed om the age group club level to the ternatnal level.

Qun is an openly gay high school swimmer nservative Indiana. “I said, ‘I don’t re that you’re gay and want to date a guy, ’” Hoober told me.

GAY OLYMPICS SWIMMER MAK WAV AND OUT OF THE WATER

Qun says he hasn’t enuntered much homophobia school. Swimmers on a rival team ll him “the gay wh the nose rg, ” but, well, that’s te. “They’ve got to be more creative than, ‘The gay wh the nose rg.

FROM LLEGE SWIMMER TO HIGH SCHOOL ACH, GAY ATHLETE STAYED TE TO HIMSELF

Qun unrstands some parents and kids may have qutns about his inty as a gay man, and he don’t hate to answer them. “I hope if there is someone else who n see themselv me, then that’s helpful — and that swimmer wouldn’t even have to be gay as well. “I wanted to be somewhere where beg gay wasn’t even, like, ‘ol, ’” he said.

EX-OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK FOSTER OUT AS GAY

That’s right: The “gay kid wh the nose rg” om suburban Indiana was worried his llege would be ls acceptg than his high school. “When I me to high school and was very gay and outward, I was sred the boys on the team were gog to be weird to me the locker room. Gay Swimmers List: Olympians and College Stars.

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