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.
"Oh, a gay figure skater, " Radford n hear rgg his ears as people around the world read this story, "big shocker.
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 *
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"). "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.
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.
OLYMPIAN ERIC RADFORD COM OUT GAY; TALKS ABOUT HIS FAY
* is eric radford 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. "Pl was the first gay person I ever saw real life. The gay people on TV were always very flamboyant, and until I met Pl I didn't realize you uld be gay and jt be normal.
He was the first person I saw who was like that, gay and jt normal. "I'm proud of our whole suatn, how we're basilly a gay fay.
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 *
I don't know many gay guys that age who would take on that rponsibily. Growg up he had no gay role mols to look up to other than stereotypil portrayals on televisn.
Important Note: this blog only featur athlet who voluntarily, personally and publicly disclosed themselv as gay.
OLYMPIAN ERIC RADFORD SAYS SPIRG OTHER GAY PEOPLE IS ‘CREDIBLE’
NOTE January 2018: Sce this blog is almost two years old and this beg an Olympic year, I have now wrten and published “Seven More Fabulo Out Gay Men of Figure Skatg (and One Bisexual Woman. Please read “Five Key Msag on The Importance of Out Gay Olympic Athlet”. Recently, Out Magaze me out wh their list of “100 Hot Out Gay Men” which clud people entertament, sports, polics, bs, etc.
Therefore, sce the World Figure Skatg champnships are beg held next week (March 30 – April 3) Boston, first time the USA 8 years, I am publishg my own list of seven hot out gay men of Figure Skatg. Print Obama appoted Brian, as an out proud gay man, as one our Amerin legat to the Wter Olympics Sochi, Rsia 2014 to unter some of the close-md anti-gay rhetoric of Rsian Print Vladmir Put (see my blog “Rsia, LGBT Rights and the Psychology of Bullyg”). Rudy is the first openly gay US champn and also later shared about beg HIV+.