LGBTQ Olympians om around the world will pete the Wter Olympics. Get to know the gay, lbian, bi, trans and queer athlet of the 2022 Gam.
Contents:
- OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
- WRTLG AT THE GAY GAM
- REASONS GAYS WANT WRTLG TO STAY IN THE OLYMPICS
- RSIA: COACH BLAM MISE OF OLYMPIC WRTLG ON GAY NSPIRACY
- GAYS BEHD WRTLG’S OLYMPIC MOTN?
OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
And German diver Timo Barthel gave Outsports some thoughts on beg not “gay” or “straight. Before he head to Tokyo, Team USA rerve Nick Wagman gave Outsports the first terview of him talkg about beg gay.
Sunday’s “Great Midwtern Trendkill” event wasn’t the first time out gay pro wrtler AC Mack stepped to a Naptown All-Pro Wrtlg rg, but will be his last. He is an out gay Black man the South who thrived, buildg human nnectns whose strength manifted the emotnal rponse by the ACTION fanbase when he announced he was leavg -rg petn last month.
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.
WRTLG AT THE GAY GAM
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).
REASONS GAYS WANT WRTLG TO STAY IN THE OLYMPICS
GAY GAMES III - Vanuver - 1990</a>. GAY GAMES IV - New York - 1994.
GAY GAMES V - Amsterdam - 1998. GAY GAMES VI - Sydney - 2002. GAY GAMES VII - Chigo - 2006.
RSIA: COACH BLAM MISE OF OLYMPIC WRTLG ON GAY NSPIRACY
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GAY GAMES VIII - Cologne - 2010. Gay Gam VIII Medal Standgs. ||Gay Gam photo/Matthias Ebert.
GAY GAMES IX - Cleveland - 2014. GAY GAMES X - Paris - 2018. GAY GAMES XI - Hong Kong - 2022.
GAYS BEHD WRTLG’S OLYMPIC MOTN?
Why do people thk wrtlg is gay? Speakg to R-Sport, ach Vladimir Uima gave his own speculatn as to why the mtee had moted wrtlg, suggtg was a gay nspiracy. He said: “If they expel wrtlg now, that means that gays will soon n the whole world.
In fact the IOC and s head, Jacqu Rogge, me unr fire om gay rights activists last year for failg to challenge homophobic untri. Vladimir Uima, who has ached two Olympic champns Gre-Roman wrtlg – heavyweight Khasan Baroev, who won Athens 2004, and London 2012 champn 84 kg tegory Alan Khugaev, spects gay activists to be behd the move.
“If they expel wrtlg now, that means that gays will soon n the whole world, ” the R-Sport agency quot Uima as sayg. Miracle, who turned 25 after the trials, is already g her new platform to advote for LGBTQ+ rights and is believed to be the first Olympic women's wrtler to be openly gay.