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DAN JERVIS: 'I WANT TO BE THAT ROLE MOL FOR SOMEONE' - SWIMMER OPENS UP ON BEG GAY

Olympic swimmer Dan Jervis, who is set to pete at the Commonwealth Gam next month, talks publicly for the first time about beg gay. * uk gay swimmer *

"'I uldn't even say 'I'm gay' - I was basilly punchg the words out'Until today, that's been the Jervis the world knew - a proud Welshman, an Olympian, and one of Bra's top swimmg he's ready to talk about the fact he's gay as well. "I said to her: 'I thk I'm gay. ' I uldn't even say: 'I'm gay.

And there is this thg where people say you n't be Christian and gay together, and I was stg there knowg you n be bee I am! Michael Gunng is targetg the Olympic Gam Tokyo next yearOpenly gay, black swimmer Michael Gunng believ the prejudice he faced growg up spired him to work harr for succs. Michael is a role mol for the LGBT muny, havg e out as gay on datg show The Bi Life last year, but has taken time to accept and unrstand this part of his inty.

He was able to draw upon some of his own experienc of beg a young gay man that environment, where he did not always feel entirely fortable. "Former world champn Mark Foster, who me out publicly as gay after retirg om petn, has also given his backg to the new work.

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The former swimmer Harry Needs wants people to know that beg bisexual isn't "a gateway to beg gay" or about "beg greedy" 28-year-old was married to two-time Olympic champn Rebec Adlgton. Mark Foster adms he 'tiptoed around' subject of his sexualy as ex-Team GB Olympic swimmer out as gaySix-time former world champn swimmer Mark Foster has e out as gayThe 47-year-old says he believ he had 'always been tellg half-tths public'Foster has gone on to work as ach, pund, and was on Strictly Come DancgHe says he would have won more his reer if he hadn't shied away om issue Published: 14:51 BST, 27 November 2017 | Updated: 15:24 BST, 27 November 2017. Swimmer Mark Foster felt he had not been te to himself as he 'tiptoed around' issu over his sexualy for so long before g out as 47-year-old six-time world champn, who rried the Great Bra flag at the openg ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Gam Beijg, nfirmed he was gay a wi-rangg terview wh the Guardian, which was published on Monday ma the cisn after believg he had always been 'tellg half-tths public' spe the full support of iends and fay.

Former Brish athlete Mark Foster has revealed an terview that he is g out as gayThe ex-world champn, pictured at the Pri of Bra Awards, says he has told 'half-tths'Sce retirg, Foster - who claimed 11 European Champnship gold medals, was twice Commonwealth Gam champn, set eight sprt world rerds and also peted across five Olympics - has gone on to work as a ach and media pund, as well as appearg on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancg programme. And I'm not the first gay sportsman to e out.

I was shocked by the treatment of gay people Rsia and need to say somethg - whout revealg anythg about myself. He add the Guardian terview: 'There was that stuff about Becky, but she knows I'm gay and knows my other half. I'm gay.

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Today Gay Male Athlet, we brg you a list of LGBT athlet who are rock’ the world of swimmg whether Olympic lan, universy swimmg pools, or elsewhere. He claims that he was dropped om the team bee he is gay but the team ach ni the charge but did not expla why he was exclud. Check out what we wrote about him back 2017: Mark Foster Tewksbury is another gay male swimmer who n boast of wng several medals om ternatnal meets.

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Swimmer Mark Thormeyer was a wreck leadg up to the 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials, his hidg beg gay so taxg and bilatg that one day he broke down and lay helpls on his bedroom floor. Sign up to our ee sport newsletter for all the latt news on everythg om cyclg to boxgSign up to our ee sport email for all the latt newsThe former Olympic swimmer Mark Foster has e out as gay an terview wh The Guardian, clarg: “I tiptoed around the shadows for so long, but now is the time to e out” is a former world champn and has reprented Great Bra at five Olympic Gam.

And I’m not the first gay sportsman to e out.

“There was that stuff about Becky [Adlgton] but she knows I’m gay and knows my other half.

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I’m gay. ’”Stonewall is currently nng s Rabow Lac mpaign (Getty)Foster also says that he unrstands why football players are hant to e out as gay.

“I unrstand what’s stoppg gay footballers g out, ” Foster says.

But if a gay footballer me out would change so many attus.

MARK FOSTER: FORMER SWIMMER AND OLYMPIAN SAYS 'NOW IS THE TIME' AS HE REVEALS HE IS GAY

Dan Jervis, an Olympic swimmer reprentg Great Bra, has e out publicly as gay, sayg he wants to be visible for other gay athlet.

OLYMPIC SWIMMER DAN JERVIS OUT, WANTS TO BE VISIBLE GAY ATHLETE AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAM

“Now is a good time for me bee the Commonwealth Gam is a month’s time and there’s gog to be a lot of people watchg that and there’s so many untri the Commonwealth where beg gay is illegal.

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