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

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

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. At least 186 publicly out gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, queer and nonbary athlet were Tokyo for the Summer Olympic Gam, more than triple the number who participated at the 2016 R Gam. “Competg at the Olympics as an openly gay athlete is pretty amazg, ” Canadian swimmer Mark Thormeyer told Outsports.

GAY OLYMPICS SWIMMER MAK WAV AND OUT OF THE WATER

Thormeyer was not out when he peted at the 2016 R Olympics and me out publicly as gay a 2020 say for Outsports. Elissa Alarie (Canada)#Brt Benn (Canada)#Kelly Brazier (New Zealand)Gayle Broughton (New Zealand)#Isadora Cello (Brazil) Lren Doyle (USA)#Mara Fravanti (Brazil)#Megan Jon (Bra)Alev Kelter (USA)Ghislae Landry (Canada)#Kaili Lan (Canada)#Celia Quansah (Bra)Kristen Thomas (USA)Ruby Tui (New Zealand)#Sharni Williams (Atralia)Portia Woodman (New Zealand). In May, the openly gay Fnish swimmer won the 50-meter etyle at the European champnships, ls than three months before he is set to swim the same race, along wh the 100-meter etyle, Tokyo.

THERE ARE A RERD 11 OPENLY GAY MALE OLYMPIANS R. NONE IS AN AMERIN.

But was jt before the 2014 Wter Olympics Sochi, Rsia, (where they obvly don’t have swimmg) where the 6-10 Fn ma his biggt splash, when he me out as gay. “I wanted to jo the discsn relatn to Sochi, sce is a sad fact that the Rsian gay law affects negatively Rsian young people’s liv and g human rights general, he told the Fnish Natnal TV Channel YLE’s “Sports Weekend” show at the time. When the Olympics start this weekend R Janeiro, there will be a rerd 41 publicly out gay, lbian and bisexual athlet.

OLYMPIC SWIMMER SOREN DAHL HAS BEEN SUALLY OUT AS GAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR A YEAR

Includ this total are a rerd 11 gay male athlet.

Diver Patrick Jefey was openly gay as a diver the 1996 Olympics.

Oh, Dahl is also gay. In one vio, he trolls a former ach who apparently told the Olympian and natnal champn he’d never bee a good swimmer bee he’s gay. Nick is only out gay swimmer on the U.

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

Though he says he’s been out to iends and fay for years, Nick publicly me out as gay Febary.

GAY OLYMPIAN KEH FROSTAD WAS HARASSED, ATTACKED BY SWIMMERS 1992

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.

Keh Frostad was a gay swimmer at the 1992 Summer Olympics Barcelona, but virtually no one the public knew . For their part, the women at Texas were fantastic supporters, even jog him for a night out at a gay bar.

TOM DALEY AFTER WNG GOLD: ‘I'M GAY AND AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN'

We hear that you’re out and you’re gay. Frostad was simply gay, not terted makg the Olympics “polil. ” Still, was clear that this USOC reprentative felt talkg about beg gay was “polil.

The victory was pecially meangful for Daley his send Olympics as an openly gay man. "I feel credibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn, " said Daley who was visibly emotnal. Daley's Amerin-born hband won a screenwrg Osr 2008 for “Milk, " the bgraphil film based on the life of gay rights activist and polician Harvey Milk.

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There are a rerd 11 openly gay male Olympians R. None is an Amerin. - Outsports .

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