Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.
Contents:
- GAY ATHLET ARE MAKG HISTORY AT THE 2018 WTER OLYMPICS
- THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- WTER OLYMPICS 2018: TEAM USA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE OLYMPIANS MARCH WH PRI OPENG CEREMONY
- GAY MEN ARE WNG THIS YEAR’S WTER OLYMPICS – AND MAKG A JOY TO WATCH
GAY ATHLET ARE MAKG HISTORY AT THE 2018 WTER OLYMPICS
Figure skaters Adam Rippon and Eric Radford each ma history as openly gay men who won medals at the 2018 Wter Olympics, the latt ton for Team LGBTQ. * gay male olympians 2018 *
Gay athlet have probably been settg Olympic rerds sce the days of the ancient Greeks.
But openly gay and lbian athlet are another matter, pecially the Wter Olympics, which mak a uple of recent ton all the more noteworthy.
THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST
Eric Radford has ma history as the Gam’ first openly gay gold medalist, while other stars have l up social media * gay male olympians 2018 *
First, Team USA’s Adam Rippon ma history by beg the first out gay man om the US to medal a Wter Olympics by takg home the bronze for his ee skate performance. Then, Canadian Eric Radford beme the first openly gay Wter Olympics champn after wng the gold wh partner Meagan Duhamel the pairs ee skate performance.
Rippon is one of two openly gay Amerin athlet to reprent team USA for the first time the Wter Olympics, along wh etyle skig’s G Kenworthy. The number of openly gay athlet is still relatively small, and those who e out tend to do so after their first major petns – for a variety of reasons. Brian Boano, the 1988 Olympic figure skatg gold medalist, announced he was gay 2013, after Print Obama named him to the official US legatn to the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
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. * gay male olympians 2018 *
Brockhoff me out publicly as gay 2013 prr to the 2014 Sochi Gam as a prott agast anti-LGBT laws that were passed Rsia. She said that beg openly gay has allowed her to pete whout add strs.
WTER OLYMPICS 2018: TEAM USA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE OLYMPIANS MARCH WH PRI OPENG CEREMONY
Guillme Cizeron is the sixth gay man to w Olympic gold figure skatg. * gay male olympians 2018 *
“That don’t mean they have to blare out that they are gay.
GAY MEN ARE WNG THIS YEAR’S WTER OLYMPICS – AND MAKG A JOY TO WATCH
* gay male olympians 2018 *
In his g out terview wh Outsports, he highlighted one benef of beg a male pairs skater who is gay. Rippon me out 2015 and proudly wears the banner of beg the first publicly gay figure skater.
Qutned about the choice of Pence January, Rippon said: “You mean Mike Pence, the same Mike Pence that fund gay nversn therapy? Rippon’s team claim to have turned down approach om Pence’s team for the two to meet – although Pence’s team have disputed is also notable for a riposte he gave to beg asked what is like to be a gay athlete – “It’s exactly like beg a straight athlete.
Eric Radford is the first voluntarily out gay man to w a gold medal, while Adam Rippon and G Kenworthy have achieved other firsts on the slop * gay male olympians 2018 *
Earlier this week Fox News published, then leted, a lumn by executive edor John Moody, who had wrten that the US Olympic Commtee was tryg to change the Olympic motto om “Faster, Higher, Stronger” to “Darker, Gayer, Different” acceptance of out gay athlet petg Pyeongchang mak a sharp ntrast to the official approach to LGBT rights at the prev Wter Olympics.