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Contents:
- CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: OUT GAY DIVER MATTHEW MCHAM WS OLYMPIC GOLD
- 5 TIM OPENLY GAY DIVER MATTHEW MCHAM SLAYED, AND OUT OF HIS SPEEDOS
- NBC FALLY GETS AROUND TO SAYG THAT MATTHEW MCHAM IS GAY
CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: OUT GAY DIVER MATTHEW MCHAM WS OLYMPIC GOLD
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The divg legend, who beme the first out gay Olympian to w a gold medal durg the 2008 Summer Gam, will make his U. Mcham will play two rol a revival of Strangers Between, the Atralian classic that picts the highs and lows of growg up gay ral Atralia. The protagonist, Shane, beiends an olr gay man and meets a sual lover.
Mcham was so unfortable wh his homosexualy, he physilly tried to supprs his feelgs for men.
“I was so sred of that I would actually tie a bber band around my wrist, and every time I had a gay thought I would snap , to try and associate pa and sufferg wh the gay thought. To try and tra myself out of beg gay” he told BBC 2021. Today, the Olympian volunteers wh the anizatn Controllg Chemsex, which works to bat the reliance on dgs sexual enunters the LGBTQ+ muny, pecially for gay men.
5 TIM OPENLY GAY DIVER MATTHEW MCHAM SLAYED, AND OUT OF HIS SPEEDOS
Mcham will forever be celebrated as the first out gay Olympic gold medalist, but he jt add another big "first" to his long list of acplishments. * matt mitcham gay *
Today, we revis Augt 23, 2008, the day Beijg, Cha, when an out gay man won a gold medal at the Olympic Summer Gam.
What Mcham’s w means to gays everywhere. An openly gay male athlete won an Olympic gold medal.
NBC FALLY GETS AROUND TO SAYG THAT MATTHEW MCHAM IS GAY
By wng the gold medal the men’s 10-meter platform divg, Mcham stck a goln blow for gay people everywhere who’ve been told they’re flawed or not good enough, pecially the athletic arena. For all the gay men who have been lled weak, sissi, pansi, too emotnal, not tough enough to pete sports, that fal dive was for you.
Wh his glor fal round of six div, the 20-year-old Atralian beme the most signifint openly gay male athlete ever (out lbians such as Marta Navratilova and Ameile Mrmo have won their fair share of tl). Watchg the divg all week, I would bet my life savgs that Mcham was not the only gay man on the sprgboard or platform. And Greg Louganis, also gay and wner of multiple gold medals, is nsired the greatt diver ever.