For his first ever GAY TIMES ver story, the Olympic gold medallist speaks about his new BBC documentary spotlightg homophobia across the Commonwealth.
Contents:
- TOM DALEY ‘CREDIBLY PROUD TO SAY I AM GAY AND AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN’
- 'I FEEL VERY EMPOWERED': DIVER TOM DALEY DISCS BEG OPENLY GAY AFTER WNG GOLD
TOM DALEY ‘CREDIBLY PROUD TO SAY I AM GAY AND AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN’
For his first ever GAY TIMES ver story, the Olympic gold medallist speaks about his new BBC documentary spotlightg homophobia across the Commonwealth.
Homosexual activy remas illegal 35 of the 54 natns that make up the Commonwealth. The remag 22 untri where homosexualy remas illgeal, punishment is rarely enforced.
'I FEEL VERY EMPOWERED': DIVER TOM DALEY DISCS BEG OPENLY GAY AFTER WNG GOLD
We’ve seen progrs recent years wh Botswana, Guyana, and India all strikg down lonial era penal s that crimalised homosexualy.
On a missn to she a spotlight on the homophobia across the Commonwealth, as well as the Brish Empire’s role imposg , Tom has worked wh the BBC on a new documentary that aims to te dienc as part of a bigger procs to achieve posive change. “Gog to I thought banng untri wh anti-LGBTQ+ laws om hostg [the Commonwealth Gam] was gog to be , ” Tom tells for his first-ever GAY TIMES Magaze ver story. “Obvly I know I am a very privileged whe gay man and to be able to start havg those nversatns was difficult for me bee I wanted to highlight those thgs and speak about them, but I didn’t know if I was necsarily the bt person to brg those to light, ” he says.