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OLYMPIC SKIER G KENWORTHY ON G OUT AS GAY, TURNG PRO, AND HOW HE BALANC SPORTS, ACTG, AND ADVOCY

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(Photo by Tom Penngton/Getty Imag) G Kenworthy is one of the first openly gay athlet extreme sport, tersectg masculy and athleticism wh the LGBTQ+ muny.

Kenworthy is gay and had been closeted up until the close of the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

GAY ATHLETE G KENWORTHY AND BUTTS GALORE HIGHLIGHT ESPN BODY ISSUE

When G Kenworthy peted at the Sochi Olympics 2014 he was aaid that someone would fd out that he is gay -- fast-forward eight years and he is out * gus gay sport *

There’s no place for cryg, no place for weakns and though may not be explicly stated, to be gay may not be as openly accepted the space. “The thg that ultimately ma me ci to (e out) was like that fact that there’s gotta be people like me that are gay and haven’t told anyone and aren’t out, ” said Kenworthy’s first step ma for a trail for other athlet to follow his leadHe reached many more… Jt four years after Kenworthy me out, Outsports reported a rerd number of 15 out LGBTQ+ athlet. When G Kenworthy peted at the Sochi Olympics 2014 he was aaid that someone would fd out that he is gay -- fast-forward eight years and he is out and proud, as are dozens of other athlet at the Beijg Brish-Amerin etyle skier, who won silver for the Uned Stat Sochi the sloptyle petn, famoly kissed his boyiend Matt Wilkas live on televisn before his qualifyg n four years later at the Olympics Pyeongchang.

“Hontly, means the world to me to get to pete here as an out proud gay man and to know that there are other out LGBTQ athlet that are here petg, ” he said. Kenworthy never thought he would see the day when he would be on the world stage as an out gay man and hop will reach the stage where stori such as his are no longer newsworthy. G Kenworthy beme the first Olympic skier to e out as gay 2015.

When Amerin etyle skier G Kenworthy publicly me out as gay 2015, he helped change the landspe of then-24-year-old was sick of hidg who he really was, and even though he had jt won a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Wter Olympics, he was more miserable than ever.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

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Outsports lled "the gay sports moment of 2018. "When I was younger all my role mols weren't gay role mols, they were jt sports role mols, " he said. Growg up Telluri, a ty ski town, Kenworthy didn't have too many role mols om the gay muny.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

When G Johnston posted a vio on YouTube talkg about beg gay sports on Sept. 13, he beme the hight-level male field hockey player the world to be publicly out. The vio featured... * gus gay sport *

He looked up to celebri like Ricky Mart, Ellen Page, and Troye Sivan for g out, but he only knew one gay person his immediate circle.

G KENWORTHY: ‘COMG OUT AS GAY SHOULDN’T BE NEWSWORTHY’

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gus gay sport *

"I actually have an uncle who's gay, " Kenworthy said, "and my fay ador my uncle Sam, but he and I many ways uldn't be more different. I thk that was part of the thg that ma hard for me when I was g to terms wh the fact that I was gay.

"I realized that 'gay' is jt part of someone, don't fe anythg else about them, " he said.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer. * gus gay sport *

He had endorsement als, a huge natnal profile, a boyiend, and those clost to him knew he was gay already.

As a gay man, I didn’t thk that dualy uld exist of beg gay and also beg a sports star. In 2014, G peted at the Wter Olympics Rsia, where the promotn of homosexualy is prohibed. He wasn’t even out as gay at that time, but he still felt the effects of that opprsn.

ATHLET WHO ARE GAY

Kev Maxen, Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach, is the first male ach a major U.S. men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gus gay sport *

When talkg about LGBT+ rights and persecutn, G is keenly aware of his privilege as a cis, whe, gay man – he says he’s “sort of at the top of the privilege pyramid” and has “the least to worry about pared to so many other people the muny”. They say they hate abortn bee they re about children, but then they don’t give a s**t about those children if those kids grow up to be gay or trans.

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players. Whether the famo Olympians, ... * gus gay sport *

They say they hate abortn bee they re about children, but then they don’t give a s**t about those children if those kids grow up to be gay or trans or whatever is.

That dtry notor for employg no gays whatsoever: TV and broadstg?

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So I talked to Jon Kliment, the voice of mor league hockey’s Elmira Enforcers, about his experienc tryg to work his way up as an out gay voice an dtry that’s sorely need of reprentatn.

When G Johnston posted a vio on YouTube talkg about beg gay sports on Sept. The YouTube vio which he me out was tled, “The realy of homophobia sport. ” Yet Johnston says he never faced overt homophobia all his years playg field hockey.

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