Olympic champn Kerron Clement talks wh about takg aim at the Olympics as an out gay man.
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Earlier this year, footballer Ryan Rsell revealed he is bisexual and CrossFter Alec Smh said he is gay. The three-time Olympic medalist says hearg homophobic tnts only helped fuel his will to w on and off the LGBTQ Pri Month 2021, TODAY is highlightg the LGBTQ trailblazers pop culture who paved the way, along wh the trendsetters of today who are makg a name for themselv. But by the age of 11, he says he knew he was gay, but he was “aaid” of what that might mean for a kid growg up the Caribbean wh a very relig mother.
“I didn’t know of any other gay people growg up, ” Clement told TODAY. “I didn’t know of any gay people my muny.
Olympic Gold medal-wng track and field athlete, Kerron Clement, has opened up about his sexualy, g out as gay. * kerron clement gay *
Eventually he said he ed their homophobic slurs as fuel to energize and motivate him on the track.
“Sometim at rac I would hear someone yell anti-gay words and slurs at me, ” he relled. “Many people thk of beg gay as beg ls than a man and I hope tellg my story will brg a different view, ” Clement said.
Yet as he tak aim at a spot the 2020 Summer Olympics, he’ll do for the first time as a publicly out gay man. AdvertisementOlympic Gold medal-wng track and field athlete, Kerron Clement, has opened up about his sexualy, g out as gay.