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The rerd number of openly gay Olympic athlet has boosted the acceptance of Brazils lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny amid a backlash over same-sex marriag, homosexuals said.

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HOW WILL OPENLY GAY ATHLET BE RECEIVED AT R OLYMPICS?

Trackg the performance and rults of every publicly out gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr athlete R for the 2016 Summer Olympics. * gay athletes olympics 2016 *

The 2016 Summer Olympics R has a rerd number of publicly out lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr athlet. There are 44 lbian or bi women, 11 gay men and no out transgenr Olympians. Human Rights mpaign timat that there are at least 41 openly lbian, gay and bisexual Olympians – up om 23 that participated London 2012 – though puts that number much higher at 49.

RERD TOTAL OF GAY ATHLET AT OLYMPICS BOOSTS BRAZIL'S HOMOSEXUAL MUNY

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“I’ve seen a big crease terms of [gay] athlet and spectators” says LGBT analyst Charley Walters, who has vered the last eight Olympic gam and vered LGBT athlet extensively. The majory of out athlet are women, and there are no US men who’ve e out as gay before the Olympics.

Outsports reports that football fans at the openg match of the Olympic women’s soccer tournament chanted homophobic slurs at some of the players. 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.

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). "We're disabled and we're gay, " says Abby Dunk of the gold medal women's wheelchair basketball team.

MORE OPENLY GAY OLYMPIANS THAN EVER, BUT NO CHE AMONG THEM

Not even the anti-gay untry of Jamai, wh s 11 medals, uld e close to the performance of publicly out gay, lbian and bisexual athlet at the R Olympics. * gay athletes olympics 2016 *

Brish Olympian wh gay dad retir to bee an ally to LGBTQ athlet. Still no apology om wrer on gay Olympics story. Team LGBT medal unt beats every anti-gay untry.

TEAM LGBT'S R OLYMPIC MEDAL UNT BEAT EVERY UNTRY THAT CRIMALIZ GAY SEX

Not even the anti-gay untry of Jamai, wh s 11 medals, uld e close to the performance of publicly out gay, lbian and bisexual athlet at the R Olympics. Gay Asie Olympian was out and proud R. R Gam are the gayt Olympics ever.

NBC profil married gay beach volleyball player. RIO DE JANEIRO — G Kenworthy was ready to tell the world he was gay.

Rsia was attractg global attentn for troducg legislatn that purported to crimalize homosexual activy on the spur grounds that rpted the mds of children.

Q: WHY DO GAY MEN LOVE THE OLYMPICS? A: ISN’T IT OBV?

“There might be 500 or so gay athlet petg R, but almost all of them are closeted, ” says Outsports -founr Jim Buzski.

WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE

Print Obama ma a statement by cludg openly gay former athlet  the Uned Stat legatn for the Closg the nversatn has been signifintly muted as R approach, primarily bee the ncern Brazil is much more plited. The untry has an image as a tolerant, open society and the world’s biggt gay pri para tak place annually Sao Plo.

Yet the New York Tim recently tabbed the untry “the world’s adlit” place for the LGBT muny, cg an average of one LGBT person killed per day, acrdg to Gpo Gay da Bahia, a long-time advocy group for LGBT rights Brazil. “It is hard to be LGBT Brazil bee the threat is nstant, ” says Dayana Gmao, an executive for R Sem Homofobia (R Whout Homophobia).

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