‘Go Figure: The Randy Gardner Story’ promis to be an si look at the life and stggl of a gay, adopted Olympic athlete...
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- OLYMPIAN RANDY GARDNER SHAR HIS LIFE AS A GAY ATHLETE THE 1980S
- RANDY GARDNER ON BEG THE GAY HALF OF A ‘STRAIGHT’ FIGURE SKATG DUO
- THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST
- OLYMPIAN RANDY GARDNER SPIRED WATCHG OUT GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS 40 YEARS AFTER HIS OLYMPICS
OLYMPIAN RANDY GARDNER SHAR HIS LIFE AS A GAY ATHLETE THE 1980S
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As a young Olympian transng to profsnal figure skatg the early 1980s, he found a small circle of support, cludg other gay men the sport, who knew he was gay.
Yet when he vised the figure skatg petn years later for the 1994 Gay Gam New York Cy, was a revelatn. Gardner began explorg the life of a gay man the late Seventi when he met another young male figure skater and the two h off. In 1981, jt as Gardner turned pro, tennis greats Billie Jean Kg and Marta Navratilova both me out as gay.
RANDY GARDNER ON BEG THE GAY HALF OF A ‘STRAIGHT’ FIGURE SKATG DUO
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If Middle Ameri had an issue wh the openly gay skater, and if they stopped buyg tickets, he had no reer. At the same time, daily news ems surfaced about a new “ncer” that was killg gay men. The AIDS epimic was s fancy, and the stigma around gay men beme at tim unbearable.
For Gardner, jt g to his own as the “gay ncer” popped up ci across Ameri, was a vastatg chapter his life even if cid wh his rise profsnal skatg and newfound social and enomic eedom.
THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST
‘Go Figure: The Randy Gardner Story’ promis to be an si look at the life and stggl of a gay, adopted Olympic athlete. * randy gardner gay *
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OLYMPIAN RANDY GARDNER SPIRED WATCHG OUT GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS 40 YEARS AFTER HIS OLYMPICS
Randy Gardner jos this week to talk about disverg he was gay the 1970s, even as he and his figure skatg partner, Tai Babilonia, were wng Natnal Champnships. As Gardner was takg aim at a World Champnship, his parents put him to nversn therapy. Gardner also talks about * randy gardner gay *
While Gardner creasgly lived his life privately out over the years, was only 2006 that he publicly revealed that he was gay.
The gay Olympic figure skater didn’t feel he uld be out the 1970s or 1980s. * randy gardner gay *
There are openly gay athlet, out actors and even an out stg Senator. Seeg out gay athlet get endorsement als wh mastream pani like Visa and Nike is somethg the profsnal skater never thought he’d live to see. He’s also thrilled to see some of the world’s bt skaters be openly gay.