Tom Daley g out was a fg moment my gay youth - his gold medal is another

Contents:

• TOM DALEY ON G OUT AS GAY: 'I DON'T THK SHOULD BE NEWS'
• TOM DALEY G OUT WAS A FG MOMENT MY GAY YOUTH – HIS GOLD MEDAL IS ANOTHER
• 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'

Tom Daley has revealed g out as gay was 'kd of trmatic' and he now wish he had done Olympic diver, 27, nfirmed he was a relatnship wh a man, his now hband Dt Lance Black, 47, back December 2013 when he was 19.

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TOM DALEY G OUT WAS A FG MOMENT MY GAY YOUTH – HIS GOLD MEDAL IS ANOTHER

"Still, Daley stops short of g eher the term "gay" or "bisexual. The diver, who won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Summer Olympics and was recently named the sexit man the world by Attu magaze, lghed off the gay mors an terview wh The Mirror earlier this year. “I thk ’s funny when people say I’m gay...

"Still, Daley said he was "ol" wh his sizable gay fanbase: "It’s great to have gay fans even though my iends gently take the mick. Havg not had other gay people prent my life, this was the first time I was forced to cross-reference my own feelgs wh those of he approached those dread three words, his ey glisteng wh tears on the precipice of fallg, my own ey darted to his unn jack pillows. I was livg at home, and though my fay was far om the type to hurl homophobic abe at people, the ever-loomg fear of beg rejected dictated so many facets of my life.

TOM DALEY EXPLOR THE TRIALS OF BEG A GAY DAD NEW MEMOIR

This was his fourth appearance at the Olympics, and though the untry had their fgers crossed for him, for gay people his w was so much more than a the post-w prs nference I was no longer an adult, but that fifteen-year-old boy all over aga. “I feel credibly proud to say I am a gay man, and also an Olympic champn, ” Daley said. ”This time he was unapologetilly gay: no stutterg, jt pure thenticy.

" Shortly after Tom unveiled his vio 2013, which saw him expla to his followers that he had been a relatnship wh a man, Twterverse flood him wh msag of support om fans and celebri Daley has opened up about the stggl of g outThe 24-year-old, who is married to film-maker Dt Lance Black, nfsed that his cisn to live openly as a gay man had an impact on his sportg reer. "I've peted the Middle East, Rsia, and parts of the Commonwealth, where beg gay is punishable. Exotic not jt his very direct public announcement that he was a gay (or bisexual) sportsman, but the fact that he was a gay (or bisexual) sportsman full stop.

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