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Gay Olympic role mols such as Atralian Matthew Mcham and England's Tom Daley have led the way for Anton Down-Jenks to bee the first diver

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THERE ARE A RERD 11 OPENLY GAY MALE OLYMPIANS R. NONE IS AN AMERIN.

Mcham will forever be celebrated as the first out gay Olympic gold medalist, but he jt add another big "first" to his long list of acplishments. * gay olympic diver hits head *

He went on to w the gold medal and bee the first man to w back-to-back Olympic golds both the sprgboard and platform divg what had ially appeared to be a straightforward eback story beme more plited when Louganis revealed seven years later that he was gay and that he had been diagnosed wh HIV six months before the 1988 Gam.

”She adds that “ 1988, there’s an assumptn that Olympians are jt not gay...

5 TIM OPENLY GAY DIVER MATTHEW MCHAM SLAYED, AND OUT OF HIS SPEEDOS

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But there was still no effective treatment, people were dyg by the thoands and many Amerins wrongly believed was only a “gay man’s disease.

WATCH: THE BT FROM 6 OLYMPIC GAY DIVERS

Years later he would e out as gay. And 1994, he acknowledged his sexualy at the Gay Gam New York, says Out Sports.

DIVG HAS A NEW GAY PUP BOY, ANTON DOWN-JENKS FIRST KIWI OLYMPIC DIVER ALMOST 40 YEARS

When the Olympics start this weekend R Janeiro, there will be a rerd 41 publicly out gay, lbian and bisexual athlet. Includ this total are a rerd 11 gay male athlet.

Diver Patrick Jefey was openly gay as a diver the 1996 Olympics.

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