Canadian pairs figure skater Eric Radford didn't want to make history at the Sochi Olympics by publicly acknowledgg he is a gay man. Instead, he shared his story on his own terms the hope of spirg others.
Contents:
- ERIC RADFORD: OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATER, MEDAL-WNG FAY MAN. AND GAY.
- SEVEN FABULO “OUT” GAY MEN OF FIGURE SKATG
- OLYMPIAN ERIC RADFORD COM OUT GAY; TALKS ABOUT HIS FAY
- GAY ATHLET ARE MAKG HISTORY AT THE 2018 WTER OLYMPICS
- OLYMPIAN ERIC RADFORD SAYS SPIRG OTHER GAY PEOPLE IS ‘CREDIBLE’
ERIC RADFORD: OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATER, MEDAL-WNG FAY MAN. AND GAY.
Eric Radford has an Olympic silver medal figure skatg. Now he aims for a gold medal 2018 - wh his skatg partner Meagan Duhamel - as an openly gay man and wh his "gay fay" at home. * is eric radford gay *
Radford me out as gay December 2014, after his appearance earlier the year at the Wter Olympics Sochi. There are eight, out, gay male figure skaters at the gam this year.
Not only was he performg what his peers nsired the "gayt" sport of all, he also had a lisp that plagued his childhood.
SEVEN FABULO “OUT” GAY MEN OF FIGURE SKATG
Eric Radford has ma history as the Gam’ first openly gay gold medalist, while other stars have l up social media * is eric radford gay *
"Oh, a gay figure skater, " Radford n hear rgg his ears as people around the world read this story, "big shocker.
Yet the surprise then and now isn't that there is a lbian basketball or a gay man figure skatg; The surprise is that they are willg to e out a sports world that has still not fully renciled s issu wh LGBT athlet.
But not even Weir ever said "I'm gay" publicly until after he had retired om petn (not cludg his ill-fated "eback").
OLYMPIAN ERIC RADFORD COM OUT GAY; TALKS ABOUT HIS FAY
* is eric radford gay *
"My ncern was that I would be known as 'the gay athlete' if I me out at the Olympics, rather than Eric the medallg figure skater who happens to be gay. Radford was also que nsc of the warngs about beg gay Rsia.
GAY ATHLET ARE MAKG HISTORY AT THE 2018 WTER OLYMPICS
Figure skaters Adam Rippon and Eric Radford each ma history as openly gay men who won medals at the 2018 Wter Olympics, the latt ton for Team LGBTQ. * is eric radford gay *
When he was younger, a "tween" by today's fns, he was teased mercilsly by other boys for his lisp and mannerisms that screamed "gay.
" The other kids ed agast him, poundg him verbally wh gay ephets.
Before that school year, Radford forced himself to dch the lisp and any "gay" mannerisms he might have rried. It was a new school, all new stunts, and an opportuny to fe himself as somethg other than a "gay figure skater. His ach at the time was Pl Wirtz, a gay man who didn't hi his sexual orientatn, often vg his partner to practice skat and petns.
OLYMPIAN ERIC RADFORD SAYS SPIRG OTHER GAY PEOPLE IS ‘CREDIBLE’
"Pl was the first gay person I ever saw real life.