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• THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN
• VIDEO: FIGURE SKATER JASON BROWN ON COMG OUT AS GAY, OVERG BURNOUT
• GAY FIGURE SKATER JASON BROWN BOBBLEHEAD HALL OF FAME
• VIDEO: TEAM USA FIGURE SKATER JASON BROWN ON COMG OUT AS GAY, RENEWED PASSN FOR SKATG
• MEET JASON BROWN, CHIGO'S GAY OLYMPIAN
• THERE ARE 8 OUT GAY MALE SKATERS AT THE OLYMPICS. IN 2014, THERE WERE 0.
• MEET JASON BROWN, CHIGO'S GAY OLYMPIAN

THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN

Three Olympic figure skaters have e out for Pri Month, cludg two gay men and a queer woman. The three athlet are: Amerin sgl figure skater Jason Brown, who is gay; Canadian ice dancer Pl Poirier, who is gay, and Canadian ice dancer Kalyn Weaver, who is queer.

I’m gay, and that’s a story still beg wrten... “[Beg a gay athlete] hasn’t been somethg that I’ve really talked about very much, pecially a public settg, ” Poirier said. Four months after publicly g out, the figure skater, 26, is thrivg as a proud gay man and reprentg his sport wh more love than ever before as he attempts his send Olympic n at the Beijg Gam.

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VIDEO: FIGURE SKATER JASON BROWN ON COMG OUT AS GAY, OVERG BURNOUT

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In the last four years, he has been through a personal journey, g out as gay last June. When asked if he felt pelled to make a statement about beg a gay athlete petg Cha, Brown ma clear that he’s foced on skatg, “Yeah, I thk for me our sport is such an credible outlet of exprsn, and so how we exprs ourselv through mic and our program is so important to what mak skatg so special.

Amerin figure skater Jason Brown, who intifi as gay, has won a bronze medal one Olympics and peted another.

GAY FIGURE SKATER JASON BROWN BOBBLEHEAD HALL OF FAME

He me out as openly gay 2021. Outsports is highlightg Brown beg openly gay, while a Jewish webse noted Brown’s bobblehead wh a foc on his Jewish roots wh no mentn of him beg gay. won a bronze medal at the 2014 Olympics, announced he's gay a.

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When he is not trag or petg, Brown is also an acplished pianist and dancer his spare gave much of the cred for his succs to those around him, pecially queer role mols who showed him beg gay was an dividual experience that reflected a person's own tth and experience. "He went on to close by thankg those who me before him, and who paved the way for him to publicly say he was gay.

VIDEO: TEAM USA FIGURE SKATER JASON BROWN ON COMG OUT AS GAY, RENEWED PASSN FOR SKATG

His ma source of e is figure Brown: Rumors and Controversy/SndalThere are also mors that he is gay. It has been one year sce Jason Brown me out as gay a dited post on Instagram. Supreme Court led the 1964 Civil Rights Act also protects gay, lbian and transgenr employe om discrimatn based on sex.

Growg up, Brown had a number of ach and choreographers who intified as gay and would often brg their partners to the ice rk. "When I me out to them, I didn't e out and say, 'Oh, I'm gay. "I feel like [my mom] knew [I was gay] way before I did, " Brown lghed.

In 2021, he me out as gay on his Instagram, wrg, “I’ve always been shown the bety embracg love every form. I’m gay, and that’s a story still beg wrten…”12. Brown me out as gay last June, when asked if is pelled to make a statement about beg an openly gay man petg Cha, he said that he believ that he n make a statement by givg his all on the ice.

MEET JASON BROWN, CHIGO'S GAY OLYMPIAN

Then last year durg Pri Month, Brown me out as gay a post on his Instagram and Twter acunts.

I’m gay, and that’s a story still beg wrten…”. A total of 186 publicly out gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, queer and nonbary athlet participated the Tokyo Gam, acrdg to Not only was that the most at any Olympics ever, but was also more than triple the number of LGBTQ athlet at the 2016 R Gam. Andrew Blaser will bee the first openly gay man to pete skeleton at the Olympics.

THERE ARE 8 OUT GAY MALE SKATERS AT THE OLYMPICS. IN 2014, THERE WERE 0.

Brown me out as gay durg Pri Month, June, of last year. The 27-year-old Cizeron, who is gay, and 26-year-old Papadakis have formed a domant partnership, pturg four World Champnship tl, five European Champnship tl and seven natnal tl. LeDuc beme the first openly gay athlete to w a U.

Mouat, who is gay, had himself que the 2021. Jt like Jason Brown, Canadian ice dancer Pl Poirier also me out as gay durg Pri Month 2021.

MEET JASON BROWN, CHIGO'S GAY OLYMPIAN

Radford and partner Meagan Duhamel skated to a first-place fish the team event, makg Radford the first openly gay man to w gold at a Wter Olympics.

Who was the first openly gay Olympian? Amerin Robert Dover was the first openly gay athlete to pete at the Olympic Gam.