The Olympic diver has always been proud to reprent his untry. But makg a documentary about gay rights the Commonwealth led to a revelatn
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- TOM DALEY ON G OUT AS GAY: 'I DON'T THK SHOULD BE NEWS'
- TOM DALEY EXPLOR THE TRIALS OF BEG A GAY DAD NEW MEMOIR
TOM DALEY ON G OUT AS GAY: 'I DON'T THK SHOULD BE NEWS'
Of urse he knew there were issu; that much of the Commonwealth homosexualy is still crimalised, thanks to the Brish empire exportg dranian homophobic laws to the loni the 19th century. ”Earlier this year, BBC producers suggted that the buildup to the 2022 Commonwealth Gam he should fd out for himself jt how hard is to live as a gay athlete untri that crimalise homosexualy. Sce then, he’s done a volte-face about banng homophobic untri om hostg major sports events, and created a manifto for LGBTQ+ clivens that he is hopg will be ‑opted by the mte for everythg om the Commonwealth Gam to the has so much to say that he don’t que know where to start.
She had a gay iend who was killed, stoned the streets. ”The Sexual Offenc Act 1967 legalised gay sex England and Wal for nsentg adults over the age of 21 ( was fally lowered to 16 2000), but ntu to be crimalised most Commonwealth untri.
Photograph: Le Korzun Mart/BBC/Zc TelevisnHe reasssed his earlier posn on banng homophobic untri om hostg major events when LGBTQ+ athlet and mpaigners told him that a ban would be another form of imperialism. He led out six athlet and activists, rryg Progrs Pri flags, om untri where homosexualy is crimalised.
TOM DALEY EXPLOR THE TRIALS OF BEG A GAY DAD NEW MEMOIR
Then the equaly of gay marriage has been brought to qutn. Their relatnship is also said to have bee 'an open secret' among the lol gay muny. For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsTom Daley’s revelatns about his sexualy ma ont page splash across the UK when he first posted a YouTube vio which he admted to beg a relatnship wh a man last later clarified that he was gay, and that he had never been happier.
The A-list opposg Rsia's anti-gay lawsShow all 15“But I also unrstand that is still news. 11, Spicer / Getty Imag file“As gay parents and gay dads, I sometim feel like we are held to a higher level of judgment, ” Daley, 27, wr. ” Last week, while acceptg the Sport Award at the 2021 Attu Awards, Daley lled for a ban on untri where homosexualy is punishable by ath om petg the Olympics.