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DIVER TOM DALEY WS GOLD, SAYS HE’S PROUD TO BE AN OPENLY GAY CHAMPN

Of the 206 natns participatg, Great Bra has the hight number of LGBT members petg wh eight openly gay athlet takg part the R 2016 Olympic Gam. * gay british diver *

Star Brish diver Tom Daley secured his first gold medal Monday and said not only is he proud to be an Olympic champn, but also an openly gay man.

“I feel credibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn, ” Tom Daley, 27, said to news meras streamg around the world after clchg the gold medal the synchronized 10m platform alongsi his divg partner Matty Lee. He said Monday beg an openly gay athlete has never been easy — but his victory prov anythg is possible. The Olympic Gam, which has long been a venue for cultural exchange and exposure, was a symbolic stage for Daley to talk about life as an openly gay man, his marriage to film producer Dt Lance Black and their 3-year-old son Robbie.

Stg bi him were athlet om Cha and Rsia, which placed send and third the petn, and ont of him were news meras om those lol — streamg his msag back to both untri where gay marriage is illegal.

DIVER TOM DALEY WS GOLD: 'I AM A GAY MAN AND ALSO AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN'

Stereotyp are alive well Olympic sports, as gay qutns follow Tom Daley and other divers * gay british diver *

”In March 2013, Daley went for dner at a iend’s home Los Angel and met Dt Lance Black, a screenwrer 20 years his senr who won an Osr for Milk, the bpic of gay rights mpaigner Harvey Milk. Had he thought he might be gay? “He was Mormon, so homosexuals were put the same group as serial killers.

”What advice would he give a gay footballer? Bra’s Tom Daley got his long-awaed gold medal divg on Monday at the Tokyo Olympics and livered an spirg msage to his gay fans.

TEAM GB HAS MORE GAY ATHLET THAN ANY OTHER NATN AT R OLYMPICS 2016

Gay Olympic role mols such as Atralian Matthew Mcham and England's Tom Daley have led the way for Anton Down-Jenks to bee the first diver * gay british diver *

“I hope that any young LGBT person out there n see that no matter how alone you feel right now, you are not alone and that you n achieve anythg and there is a whole lot of your chosen fay out here ready to support you, ” said Daley, who paired wh Matty Lee to pture the men’s synchronized 10-meter, who won bronze the dividual 10-meter platform London 2012 and a bronze the synchronized platform R 2016, clared:“I feel credibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn. Already standg tenth the medals table Great Bra has plenty to be proud of havg livered one gold, three silver and two bronze medals sce om their sportg abily Team GB have a further asset that se top tmp other the 206 natns participatg Great Bra has the hight number of LGBT members down for vio There are total 44 openly gay athlet petg the R 2016 Olympic gam but Team GB (pictured) has the most wh eight LGBT petors There are total 44 openly gay athlet takg part this year's Olympic Gam R Janeiro and UK has eight of them reprentg their team.

IS TOM DALEY GAY? HE'S A DIVER, SO HE MT BE

Matthew Todd, Edorial Director of Attu magaze, and thor of Straight Jacket, How To Be Gay And Happy, said the number 'mak Bra look like a morn, clive untry' add: 'It's heartwarmg to see Dt Lance Black cheerg on his fiancé or to see the brilliant Tom Bosworth or the powerful Nila Adams.

'From the champn diver who bravely me out to an dience onle to the heavy weight boxer who is champng LGBT reprentativ sport we meet Great Bra's rabow DALEY Tom Daley has bee vastly popular both and outsi of the gay muny.

RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN

Pictured: Tom receivg his bronze medal for 10m synchronised divg on Monday Arguably Team GB's most famo (and popular) member, Tom Daley has bee somethg of a gay in, appearg on the ver of Attu he first started his divg reer, Tom hadn't e out about his sexualy, attractg a loyal followg of female fans. ' Although ially claimg that he was bisexual, jt a year later Tom addrsed the issue once aga clarifyg that he was 'fely gay'.

Pictured: Nila at a trag ssn ahead of the gamNila Adams is not aaid to be known as one of the few openly bisexual athlet, g out to the media long before Tom Daley's famo 2012, the champn boxer, who beme the first female boxg champn the Olympics, topped the Pk List, as the most fluential figure the gay muny. The fly-weight boxer has remaed quiet about her private life wh her social media alludg to no relatnshipsThe fly-weight boxer has remaed quiet about her private life wh her social media alludg to no relatnships but rather updatg her fans on her sportg will pete the 15kg quarter fals on Monday BOSWORTH Ahead of his very first appearance at the Olympic Gam this summer race walker Tom Bosworth me out as gay to the public for the first time October 2015 R 2016 is race walker Tom Bosworth's very first Olympic Gam.

Ahead of his appearance this summer he me out as gay October 26-year-old said he had chosen to disclose his sexualy so his preparatns for the Gam were not overly affected. It mak him only the send Brish track and field athlete ever to e out as gay.

TOM DALEY IS DAMN PROUD TO BE AN OPENLY GAY OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST

Pictured: Tom at the 20km walk race at World Athletics Champnships Bejg 2015 Bosworth, who tras at the Natnal Race Walkg Centre Leeds, said he had been sulted by rivals the past and was the victim of homophobic attacks at an terview wh the BBC he said: 'When I was petg lol athletics a number of years ago, some other athlet lled me "fag" or "queer". Tom, who is only the send openly gay track athlete, says that he has been the victim of homophobic bullyg the pastBosworth, who praised Olympic divg medallist Tom Daley for his bravery g out two years ago, said he has now been a 'really happy relatnship' for four-and-a-half Brish number one hurdler Robert Newton, who peted at the 2004 Olympics Athens, was the first Brish track and field athlete to e out as gaySPENCER WILTON Drsage rir Spencer Wilton ma headl 2009 when he was mistakenly thought to have broken up the marriage between Peter Andre and Katie Price until he was revealed to be openly gay Spencer Wilton may have fed a succsful sportg reer drsage but he is almost as famo for the e of a storm a teacup over the marriage between Katie Price and Peter 43-year-old's sexualy famoly me unr scty 2009 when he found himself the midst of the realy televisn star's marriage break drsage rir was pictured embracg the mol and bs woman which sparked mours that he had been the man to have ed the spl, however Spencer was then revealed to be openly gay puttg the mours to and Katie beme close iends over their shared tert over the eque and spent much time together durg the 2016 will be Spencer's very first Olympic Gam wh his team drsage tournament and dividual drsage takg place HESTER Carl Hter has prevly dated fellow drsage rir Spencer Wilton until their spl 2009 and now the pair will pete alongsi each other at the Olympic Gam. ”’ Did he feel different om other boys, beg gay?

’ SUSANNAH TOWNSEND Like her Helen and Kate Sannah Townsend is openly gay and will jo them to pete the R 2016 Olympics Sannah Townsend will be takg to the hockey pch this eveng to take on Argenta alongsi married team mat Helen and Kate Richardson-Walsh at the R her Helen and Kate Sannah is openly gay and like the married uple her partner is also vted the sport. Here's a fact: In the entire history of the Olympics, there has never been an openly gay male gymnast. We've had a gay thlete, nner, hurdler and high jumper, among others.

Yet gymnastics, along wh divg, has been wily perceived as a "gay" sport, while the same is not said for track and field. Hence, the emails I have gotten askg whether Brish diver Tom Daley is gay (Not that I know of). Matthew Mcham om Atralia is the only openly gay diver London.

DIVG HAS A NEW GAY PUP BOY, ANTON DOWN-JENKS FIRST KIWI OLYMPIC DIVER ALMOST 40 YEARS

Gay men do like watchg gymnastics and divg, for obv reasons.

And divg at least, we have had petors who were gay while petg or me out after. Both sports are also perceived as beg more tolerant of gay participants. It uld be that gay athlet self-select for certa sports, avoidg some seen as beg ls fans assume certa sports are gay.

”Part of the reason for the "divg is gay" stereotype are the swimsus, the tight Speedo variety that no straight Amerin du would be ught ad . There is even as Inter meme "Olympics or gay porn?

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

" that foc almost exclively on men's divg, wh Tom Daley ont and stereotyp are by their nature oversimplified, hence the ia that divers and gymnasts are gay, while weightlifters and water polo players are not.

Nothg gay about football. Yet, the late folklorist Alan Duns wrote a famo paper the 1970s that argued that football "providg as do a socially sanctned amework for male body ntact … is a form of homosexual behavr.

UK DIVER JACK LGHER POS FOR "GAY TIM," IS THE NEW TOM DALEY: {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 31, 2013/11:03 AMBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 31, 2013 / 11:03 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"UK DIVER JACK LGHER POS FOR \"GAY TIM,\" IS THE NEW TOM DALEY: PHOTOS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-10-31T15:03:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-10-31T15:03:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SORRY TOM DALEY, BUT A NEW BRISH DIVER HAS STOLEN OUR HEART: OLYMPIAN JACK LGHER IS ON THE VER OF THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF GAY TIM AND WE FELY LIKE WHAT WE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE MEAN THAT A IENDLY, APPRECIATIVE WAY, OF URSE: LGHER IS ALL OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, HE'S GOT A GOOD HEAD ON HIS SHOULRS, AND A ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY FOR RACISM AND HOMOPHOBIA SPORTS: "IT SHOULD BE ABSOLUTE – IF YOU SAY SOMETHG THAT N BE OFFENSIVE ... 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TOM AND [FELLOW DIVER] CHRIS [MEARS] BOTH LOOK GOOD. SO GOOD. THEY’RE VERY HANDSOME LADS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF  GAY TIM IS OUT NOW. 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Jt be aware that gay athlet are every sport, so never assume.

Image source, Emma RileyImage ptn, Rad operator Emma Riley was discharged om the Navy for beg a lbian the 1990sRishi Sunak has apologised for the historil treatment of LGBT veterans who were sacked or forced out of the ary for beg PM lled the ban an "appallg failure" of the Brish was illegal to be gay the Brish ary until 2000 - wh thoands of veterans thought to be affected. Addrsg MPs, the prime mister said: "Many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment all while bravely servg this untry. "The LGBT Veterans Inpennt Review, led by Bra's first openly gay judge Lord Etherton, began last year and heard about the experienc of 1, 145 veterans between 1967 to 2000.

'I FEEL VERY EMPOWERED': DIVER TOM DALEY DISCS BEG OPENLY GAY AFTER WNG GOLD

Homosexualy was crimalised the UK 1967 but a ban ntued the armed forc.

Acrdg to the report, the Mistry of Defence said at the time that jtifitn for the policy clud "matenance of operatnal effectivens and efficiency" - but the report said there had been an "prehensible policy of homophobic bigotry" the armed forc. It heard shockg acunts of homophobia, bullyg, blackmail, sexual asslts, "disgraceful" medil examatns, and nversn mak 49 remendatns to the ernment cludg:Affected veterans to be given an "appropriate fancial reward" pped at £50m overallThe rtoratn of medals that had to be hand back on dismissal or dischargeThe clarifitn of pensn rights The prentatn of a special veterans' badgeThe ernment said would rpond full after summer of the veterans affected watched the PM's public of them, Emma Riley, 51, was a Royal Navy rad operator for three years before she was arrted and discharged for beg a lbian after tellg a lleague her sexualy the early told BBC News she weled the report, and hoped would be put to place "swiftly. Carol Man, who was dismissed after tellg her boss she was gay 1978, kept her sexualy secret for another 30 years and said she had been "robbed" of her life.

"Olympian Dame Kelly Holm, who served the army and me out as gay last year, lled the publitn of the report a "historic moment", while Cathere Dixon, a former army officer who is now vice chair at Stonewall, said was "an important step towards jtice" for those whose ary reers were "ed" bee of their sexualy. Many still have a crimal rerd to this also tails how some veterans faced a plete loss of e, while others were emed eligible to claim their pensn bee of their report more than 20 years after four servicemen and women, who were sacked for beg gay, won a se the European Court of Human Rights and overturned the armed forc chary Royal Brish Legn lled on the ernment to accept the report's remendatns chary's director general Charl Byrne weled both the report and Mr Sunak's "landmark apology", sayg many people who had dited their liv to the untry were "forced or felt prsured to leave the armed forc, and this mistreatment stroyed or shortened their reer". As the stereotype go, gays may not be able to drive.

NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST OLYMPIC DIVER 37 YEARS IS OUT AND PROUDLY GAY

But they n certaly thank openly gay Brish diver Tom Daley, 27, who won Olympic gold on Monday after a 13-year pursu. Followg his victory, Daley spoke at a prs nference about beg an openly gay Olympian.

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