Canadian pairs figure skater Eric Radford didn't want to make history at the Sochi Olympics by publicly acknowledgg he is a gay man. Instead, he shared his story on his own terms the hope of spirg others.
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Radford me out as gay December 2014, after his appearance earlier the year at the Wter Olympics Sochi. There are eight, out, gay male figure skaters at the gam this year. Add two more gay athlet to the growg list of LGBTQ people sports gettg hched.
Eric Radford was the first publicly out gay man to w gold a Wter Olympics jt days to the 2018 Wter Gam South Korea.
Amy RosewaterMar 25, 2015, 08:23 PM ETIf Eric Radford had wanted to be polil, he certaly had the opportuny to do so a ltle more than a year ago at the Sochi Wter uld have publicly acknowledged he is a gay man agast the backdrop of Rsian print Vladimir Put's Gam a untry where anti-gay legislatn had ma s way to the foreont of the news. Radford, who is Canadian, had ntemplated that optn and went so far as to ntact GLAAD about dog so but ultimately cid he did not want the add prsure of beg "the gay athlete" of the Gam addn to the gelg mands of petg them.