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.
Contents:
- TOP BRISH CURLER THRIVED AFTER G OUT AS GAY TO HIS TEAM
- OUT GAY OLYMPIAN BCE MOUAT JT WON ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL
- GAY CURLER BCE MOUAT WILL PLAY FOR OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
- MATCHUP OF TWO OPENLY GAY SKIPS AT BRIER A W FOR CLIVY SPORTS
- STS CURLER BID FOR OLYMPIC GLORY SAYS G OUT TO TEAMMAT AS GAY WAS 'BT THG HE'S DONE'
TOP BRISH CURLER THRIVED AFTER G OUT AS GAY TO HIS TEAM
Curlg offers a "very safe space" for gay athlet, says Bce Mouat, who creds g out to his team-mat as a fg moment his reer. * gay scottish curler *
Stland skip Bce Mouat is the world's most succsful curler 2021Curlg offers a "very safe space" for gay athlet, says Bce Mouat, who creds g out to his team-mat as a fg moment his 27-year-old St has enjoyed an credible year, skippg his rk to European gold and world also land three Grand Slam tl and beme world mixed doubl champn wh Jen Dodds. "She was the first person I ever told that beg gay was what I was hidg om the sport and om my fay and iends, " he relled.
"She was the one who helped me realise that beg gay didn't really matter terms of a sport, 's not gog to affect how I play, but that before I had e out was affectg how I played. Bra’s top curler headg to the 2022 Wter Olympics says his succs the sport me when he me out as gay eight years ago to a sports psychologist.
“She was the one who helped me realize that beg gay didn’t really matter terms of a sport, ’s not gog to affect how I play, but that before I had e out was affectg how I played, ” Bce Mouat told the BBC.
OUT GAY OLYMPIAN BCE MOUAT JT WON ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL
Bce Mouat talks about the prospect of wng two gold medals at next month's Wter Olympics and why g out as gay to team-mat helped him on that journey. * gay scottish curler *
Bce Mouat will pete the mixed doubl alongsi iend Jen Dodds, as well as the men's petn24th Wter Olympic GamHosts: Beijg, Cha Dat: 4-20 FebaryCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and onle; listen on BBC Rad 5 Live and BBC Sounds; live text and highlights on BBC Sport webse and appBce Mouat says tellg his team-mat he is gay "was possibly the bt thg I ever did for my reer" St has led his curlg rk on an upward curve the past few years, to the pot they head to the Wter Olympics as the world's number one ranked and mixed doubl partner Jen Dodds uld bee the first Brish athlet to w two golds at the same Wter Olympics, too, as they head to Beijg as world champns alongsi their mments the men's and women's 's rise is down to many thgs - skill, termatn, and posure are jt a few. "But after seeg how people uld live their life as a gay person enuraged me to do bee you were seeg so many people havg succs and still beg happy. The out Sttish curler, who beme the first gay man to w a Wter Olympics medal outsi of figure skatg almost a century at least year’s Gam, n now add a gold trophy to his se.
He me out as gay 2013, and says he’s flourished ever sce.
Mouat, who me out as gay eight years ago, is no stranger to champnship-level petn.
GAY CURLER BCE MOUAT WILL PLAY FOR OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
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.
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.
MATCHUP OF TWO OPENLY GAY SKIPS AT BRIER A W FOR CLIVY SPORTS
Jt like Jason Brown, Canadian ice dancer Pl Poirier also me out as gay durg Pri Month 2021.
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.
STS CURLER BID FOR OLYMPIC GLORY SAYS G OUT TO TEAMMAT AS GAY WAS 'BT THG HE'S DONE'
Peltzer ran at the 1928 Amsterdam and 1932 Los Angel Olympics before he was arrted and imprisoned by the Nazis for his homosexualy 1935.
Atralian diver Matthew Mcham was the first openly gay athlete to w gold at the Olympics. It wasn’t until the 2018 Gam when Team USA featured s first openly gay Wter Olympians, as figure skater Adam Rippon, ekier G Kenworthy and speed skater Brtany Bowe peted PyeongChang.
Rippon earned bronze the 2018 team figure skatg petn to make him the Uned Stat’ first openly gay medalist at the Wter Gam. Mouat me out as gay eight years ago and is the only publicly out athlete petg Olympic curlg.