Seven Fabulo “Out” Gay Men of Figure Skatg | Total Engagement Consultg by Kimer

Contents:

• THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST
• THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN
• 'GAYT SPORT AMERI'
• SEVEN FABULO “OUT” GAY MEN OF FIGURE SKATG
• 16 GAY AND BI OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS
• INSI FIGURE SKATG'S 'GAY PROBLEM'
• WHY ARE SO MANY MALE FIGURE SKATERS GAY?
• MALE FIGURE SKATERS STGGLE WH BODY IMAGE AND GAY MEN N RELATE
• THERE ARE 8 OUT GAY MALE SKATERS AT THE OLYMPICS. IN 2014, THERE WERE 0.

THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST

There have been at least 39 gay men to pete figure skatg at the Wter Olympic Gam over the years, wh eight publicly out men petg 2022. LGBT historian Tony Scupham-Bilton has intified the men over the years, cludg a pastakg procs of intifyg who is gay. The gay men have bed for 15 Olympic medals, wh several ready to pete pairs figure skatg later this week.

Five other gay athlet have been named as alternat.

THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN

In addn to the 37 gay men, Timothy LeDuc is nonbary and will make their Olympic but this week.

Six of the gay men to pete have won Olympic gold medals:. Three Olympic figure skaters have e out for Pri Month, cludg two gay men and a queer woman. The three athlet are: Amerin sgl figure skater Jason Brown, who is gay; Canadian ice dancer Pl Poirier, who is gay, and Canadian ice dancer Kalyn Weaver, who is queer.

'GAYT SPORT AMERI'

I’m gay, and that’s a story still beg wrten...

“[Beg a gay athlete] hasn’t been somethg that I’ve really talked about very much, pecially a public settg, ” Poirier said.

SEVEN FABULO “OUT” GAY MEN OF FIGURE SKATG

But when you tune to the Wter Olympics, not one of the figure skatg ntenrs any disciple (sgl, pairs, dance) will be an out gay man.

There will be gay men petg Tur, to be sure -- cludg some who nsir themselv to be out their personal liv -- but not one who will say so on the public rerd. What percentage of male figure skaters is gay?

And do that mean nothg has changed what Jon Jackson, an openly gay skatg judge, lls "the gayt sport Ameri"? But I remember when Rudy Galdo started sayg that the judg treated him differently bee he was gay...

16 GAY AND BI OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS

So I kda ma sure that I stuck to my ual and tried not to do anythg that would've been emed 'gay. Tryg not to be emed gay skatg requir behavr rangg om the overt, such as datg women, to tails so subtle that they affect the very way the skater mov his limbs while puttg himself out there to be judged. Jackson nfirmed that the homophobia of judg and feratns affects the athlet.

Unfortunately, he said he do not believe homophobic officials are the mory. This across every discsn I've had wh a gay skater, that they really feel that they have to prent themselv as a 'passable' mascule skater, " said Jackson. So gay skaters eher e out long after their petive reers are over, as 1979 world champn Randy Gardner (wh pair partner Tai Babilonia) jt did January, or when they're so far off the radar screen that their feratns aren't monorg them, as happened whRudy Galdo 1995 when he was nsired a has-been.

What's changed sce 1996, though, is that many of the Olympic-eligible gay skaters nsir themselv to be fully out their personal liv.

INSI FIGURE SKATG'S 'GAY PROBLEM'

"Wh the rk environment, for the most part, I'm noticg more and more that the ach, the fellow skaters are all very acceptg and fortable and not the least b bothered by gay men. He se chang even among closeted gay ach of olr generatns, who n be some of the most vol crics of any skatg that appears the least b femme.

WHY ARE SO MANY MALE FIGURE SKATERS GAY?

"Those ach, who were acctomed to havg to pass [as straight], were unfortable maybe 20 years ago wh too much of the g out of gay skaters, bee threatened what they created to make a safe environment for themselv, " said Jackson. "But I've seen more and more ach e around to the acceptance that this is part of our sport and the young gay men are valuable to the sport. The gay skaters Jackson knows, he says, "know where their support is and they're gettg already.

MALE FIGURE SKATERS STGGLE WH BODY IMAGE AND GAY MEN N RELATE

Figure Skatg's rponsibily to step up and say that this is not harmful to our image, acknowledge the fact that everybody else knows that there are gay men figure skatg, and they love . Nor is all about beg gay, of urse; 's first and foremost a sport.

"I wasn't even old enough to know what gay was when I started skatg, " said Conley. Every year the sport's work of ach and judg who mentor young gay athlet be stronger and better rmed.

Conley says he still keeps touch wh gay judg who advised him his petive days.

THERE ARE 8 OUT GAY MALE SKATERS AT THE OLYMPICS. IN 2014, THERE WERE 0.

Lorrie Kim has mataed Rabow Ice, a se about gay issu figure skatg, sce 1998, and has talked to dozens of gay figure skaters her work as a skatg journalist. Important Note: this blog only featur athlet who voluntarily, personally and publicly disclosed themselv as gay.