Tom Daley, Olympic gold wner, proud to be openly gay

Contents:

• TOM DALEY ‘CREDIBLY PROUD TO SAY I AM GAY AND AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN’
• 'I FEEL VERY EMPOWERED': DIVER TOM DALEY DISCS BEG OPENLY GAY AFTER WNG GOLD
• TOM DALEY ON G OUT AS GAY: 'I DON'T THK SHOULD BE NEWS'
• TOM DALEY EXPLOR THE TRIALS OF BEG A GAY DAD NEW MEMOIR
• DIVER TOM DALEY WS GOLD: 'I AM A GAY MAN AND ALSO AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN'
• TOM DALEY: 'I AM A GAY MAN NOW'
• TOM DALEY: I AM NOT GAY - BUT I DON’T RE IF YOU THK I AM
• TOM DALEY IS DAMN PROUD TO BE AN OPENLY GAY OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST
• DIVER TOM DALEY WS GOLD, SAYS HE’S PROUD TO BE AN OPENLY GAY CHAMPN
• TOM DALEY ‘CREDIBLY PROUD’ TO BE A GAY MAN AND OLYMPIC CHAMPN AFTER WNG GOLD
• TOM DALEY LLS FOR OLYMPIC BAN ON UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHABLE BY ATH
• TOM DALEY’S NEW BABY ANNOUNCEMENT MAK HIM THE FACE OF GAY JOY
• TOM DALEY LOOKS STYLISH AS HE BEAMS ALONGSI HBAND DT LANCE BLACK AT GAY TIM HONOURS
• WHY OPENLY GAY ATHLETE AND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST, TOM DALEY, WANTS DIVERSE COMPANY ON PODIUMS AND LEARSHIP
• PROUDLY GAY OLYMPIAN HS BACK AT DISGTG RSIAN TV SLURS
• ‘I AM A GAY MAN AND AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN’: TOM DALEY TAK GOLD TOKYO

TOM DALEY ‘CREDIBLY PROUD TO SAY I AM GAY AND AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN’

Tom Daley and his divg partner, Matty Lee, brought home a gold medal for Team Great Bra Monday on the synchronized 10-meter platform dive, and the victory was pecially meangful for Daley his send Olympics as an openly gay me out a YouTube vio 2013 shortly after he began datg his now-hband, Dt Lance Black.

"I feel credibly proud to say that I’m a gay man and also an Olympic champn, " Daley said via the Olympic News Service after wng gold. Of urse he knew there were issu; that much of the Commonwealth homosexualy is still crimalised, thanks to the Brish empire exportg dranian homophobic laws to the loni the 19th century. ”Earlier this year, BBC producers suggted that the buildup to the 2022 Commonwealth Gam he should fd out for himself jt how hard is to live as a gay athlete untri that crimalise homosexualy.

Sce then, he’s done a volte-face about banng homophobic untri om hostg major sports events, and created a manifto for LGBTQ+ clivens that he is hopg will be ‑opted by the mte for everythg om the Commonwealth Gam to the has so much to say that he don’t que know where to start. ”The Sexual Offenc Act 1967 legalised gay sex England and Wal for nsentg adults over the age of 21 ( was fally lowered to 16 2000), but ntu to be crimalised most Commonwealth untri.

'I FEEL VERY EMPOWERED': DIVER TOM DALEY DISCS BEG OPENLY GAY AFTER WNG GOLD

Photograph: Le Korzun Mart/BBC/Zc TelevisnHe reasssed his earlier posn on banng homophobic untri om hostg major events when LGBTQ+ athlet and mpaigners told him that a ban would be another form of imperialism. He led out six athlet and activists, rryg Progrs Pri flags, om untri where homosexualy is crimalised.

For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsTom Daley’s revelatns about his sexualy ma ont page splash across the UK when he first posted a YouTube vio which he admted to beg a relatnship wh a man last later clarified that he was gay, and that he had never been happier.

11, Spicer / Getty Imag file“As gay parents and gay dads, I sometim feel like we are held to a higher level of judgment, ” Daley, 27, wr. ” Last week, while acceptg the Sport Award at the 2021 Attu Awards, Daley lled for a ban on untri where homosexualy is punishable by ath om petg the Olympics.

TOM DALEY ON G OUT AS GAY: 'I DON'T THK SHOULD BE NEWS'

”In March 2013, Daley went for dner at a iend’s home Los Angel and met Dt Lance Black, a screenwrer 20 years his senr who won an Osr for Milk, the bpic of gay rights mpaigner Harvey Milk. Bra’s Tom Daley got his long-awaed gold medal divg on Monday at the Tokyo Olympics and livered an spirg msage to his gay fans.

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

“I hope that any young LGBT person out there n see that no matter how alone you feel right now, you are not alone and that you n achieve anythg and there is a whole lot of your chosen fay out here ready to support you, ” said Daley, who paired wh Matty Lee to pture the men’s synchronized 10-meter, who won bronze the dividual 10-meter platform London 2012 and a bronze the synchronized platform R 2016, clared:“I feel credibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn. Last December, he opened up a YouTube vio about his relatnship wh another man, but did not e the label "bisexual" or "gay. He says he don’t thk of himself as a p-up, even though his tramark skimpy speedos have gaed him an army of fansSgle: Tom lov girlsOlympic divg hunk Tom Daley sists he is NOT gay – and says he don’t re if people thk he is.

“But I n unrstand why I have a massive gay followg – I spend most of my life half naked tnks on a divg board showg off my bare cht.

“If people thk I am gay or that I don’t foc on my divg enough and go out too much, there is always gog to be an opn – and if I worry about that too much, then my divg go downhill. But they n certaly thank openly gay Brish diver Tom Daley, 27, who won Olympic gold on Monday after a 13-year pursu. “I feel credibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn, ” Daley Lance Black, Daley’s hband and the Osr-wng screenwrer of Milk, praised his hband’s victory on Twter.

DIVER TOM DALEY WS GOLD: 'I AM A GAY MAN AND ALSO AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN'

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Star Brish diver Tom Daley secured his first gold medal Monday and said not only is he proud to be an Olympic champn, but also an openly gay man. “I feel credibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn, ” Tom Daley, 27, said to news meras streamg around the world after clchg the gold medal the synchronized 10m platform alongsi his divg partner Matty Lee. He said Monday beg an openly gay athlete has never been easy — but his victory prov anythg is possible.

The Olympic Gam, which has long been a venue for cultural exchange and exposure, was a symbolic stage for Daley to talk about life as an openly gay man, his marriage to film producer Dt Lance Black and their 3-year-old son Robbie.

TOM DALEY: 'I AM A GAY MAN NOW'

Stg bi him were athlet om Cha and Rsia, which placed send and third the petn, and ont of him were news meras om those lol — streamg his msag back to both untri where gay marriage is illegal.

When Smh won an Amy Award 2016 for his "Jam Bond" song, they said they were the first openly gay man to w an Osr. He has ed his platform to speak passnately about wantg to spire young gay people and to support queer athlet om around the world – om his post-gold-medal prs nference at the Tokyo Olympics to his Alternative Christmas Msage on Channel 4 last year. Now, wh Tom Daley: Illegal to Be Me (BBC One), he is attemptg to get practil about tacklg homophobia has not been petg at the 2022 Commonwealth Gam Birmgham, but he is g the ocsn to prs for actn.

TOM DALEY: I AM NOT GAY - BUT I DON’T RE IF YOU THK I AM

But he also meets Carla Moore, an amic whose rearch exam the nnectns between homophobia and the slave tra. While, at first, Daley wanted to ban untri wh anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn om hostg the Commonwealth Gam, he learns om the athlet those untri that they feel this would be punive and exclnary; one suggts gay people might even get the blame for . For Daley, who is openly gay, and Lee, was a stunng w over the favored Che divers Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen and played out dramatic fashn that saw the Brs w the gold by 1.

After the petn, Daley had some powerful ments on what meant to w the gold medal as an openly gay athlete.

Brish Olympic diver Tom Daley said that he will make his “missn” to stop untri where homosexualy is punishable by ath om petg the Olympics. “I thk ’s really important to try and create change, rather than jt highlightg or shg a light on those thgs, ” Daley, who is gay, said Wednday while acceptg the Sport Award at the 2021 Attu Awards.

TOM DALEY IS DAMN PROUD TO BE AN OPENLY GAY OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST

”There are 11 untri where homosexualy is punishable by ath — cludg Sdi Arabia, Afghanistan and Iran — and approximately 60 other natns where same-sex relatns are crimalized some pacy, acrdg to Human Digny Tst, a global advocy group for LGBTQ rights. The Olympic Commtee has also taken measur to prevent anti-LGBTQ ci om hostg petns sce the 2014 Sochi Wter Gam were cricized for Rsia’s “gay propaganda law.

Inspired by his hband's activism around LGBTQ+ issu and mpaigns, he lled on Commonwealth untri to crimalise homosexualy, statg that was illegal for athlet petg 37 of the 53 natns at the Gam (70%) to be a relatnship wh someone of the same sex.

DIVER TOM DALEY WS GOLD, SAYS HE’S PROUD TO BE AN OPENLY GAY CHAMPN

Homophobia is massive sport - DaleyDaley stggled wh pnmonia, ncsn and a strs acture that year.

ReadTom Daley flash a se as he celebrat his 29th birthday wh a homema ke, ice cream and prents wh his children 22/05/23 12:01The Olympic diver looked great spirs as he posed wh a homema ke and an ice cream, which was topped wh a huge Daley's hband Dt Lance Black appears urt to ny charge of assltg mol and BBC prenter 'by throwg drk over her durg row Soho nightclub'27/04/23 10:41Mol Teddy Edwars, 32, who stars BBC3 show The Big Proud Party Agency, claimed she had a drk thrown her face by Black a Soho gay bar Freedom  Augt last Daley's baby surprise: Olympic divg champn and hband Dt Lance Black wele send son Phoenix Rose via surrogate 05/04/23 07:00The Olympic diver, 28, and his hband, 48, shared their surprise baby news on April 5, havg not prevly revealg they were expectg another child. Surrogate, but plans for the programme have been shelved after he was unable to film alongsi his Olympic Tom Daley's Christmas: Olympic diver shar snaps makg cktails wh his hband Dt Lance Black and openg gifts wh their son27/12/22 07:09Olympic diver Tom Daley, 28, has offered fans a glimpse to his Christmas celebratns wh his Amerin hband Dt Lance Black and their son Robbie, Daley shows off his edgy sense of style a uniquely patterned su as he pos arm--arm wh hband Dt Lance Black at Brish Vogue's Forc For Change dner05/12/22 12:32Tom Daley, 28, showed off his unique sense of style as he stepped out wh his hband Dt Lance Black, 48, to the Brish Vogue Forc For Change dner on Daley looks suave a cream su wh sat bow adornments as he beams alongsi hband Dt Lance Black at the Gay Tim Honours25/11/22 08:44The Olympic swimmer, 28, looked typilly stylish on Friday eveng as he took to the Gay Tim Honours at event venue Magaze London the Men of the Year Awards: Tom Daley looks dapper a black at and jewel-embellished kn as he si up to hband Dt Lance Black16/11/22 08:40Profsnal diver Tom Daley enjoyed a date night at the GQ Men of the Year Awards wh hband Dt Lance Black London on Wednday.

Olympic divg champn Tom Daley blam 'legacy of lonialism' for homophobia across Commonwealth untri - ahead of new BBC 'Illegal to Be Me' documentary airg tonight 09/08/22 03:35The Olympic gold medalist, who me out as gay 2013, has produced a documentary lled Tom Daley: Illegal to Be Me, which he viss 'the most homophobic untri the Commonwealth' Daley and hband Dt Lance Black tch the eye brightly loured sus as they s the Royal Box on Centre Court at Wimbledon 02/07/22 04:49Shg bright: Tom Daley and his hband Dt Lance Black ught the eye of onlookers as they took their seats the Royal Box on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Saturday.

TOM DALEY ‘CREDIBLY PROUD’ TO BE A GAY MAN AND OLYMPIC CHAMPN AFTER WNG GOLD

But we all knew there was only one lour he Daley to liver Channel 4's 2021 Alternative Christmas Msage as he lls for more clivy and gay ins sport while blastg cisn to hold 2022 World Cup Qatar21/12/21 12:53Tom Daley is set to liver Channel 4's 2021 Alternative Christmas Msage which he lls for more clivy sport and mak a dig at the World Cup beg held Sports Personaly Of The Year Awards 2021: Alex Stt leads the red rpet glamour a sequned semi-sheer gown as as she jos Tom Daley and Lra Kenny at annual event19/12/21 08:142021's eagerly awaed ceremony, held on Sunday night at MediaCyUK, Salford, saw Alex Stt, Tom Daley and Lra Kenny lead the sportg stars as they graced the red rpet Sports Personaly of the Year Awards 2021: Tom Daley, 27, is supported by hband Dt Lance Black, 47, at the annual ceremony19/12/21 07:31The diver, 27, is the nng for the teemed award along wh the lik of Emma Radunu, Lewis Haton, Tyson Fury and Raheem Sterlg. This week the Hallmark Channel mted to more gay moviemakg, Tyler Posey explaed his OnlyFans, and human sta Rh Limbgh fally arrived Hell.

Through his Instagram feed and YouTube channel, he has bee a go-to source for gay joy the sports world.

Tom Daley looks suave a cream su wh sat bow adornments as he beams alongsi hband Dt Lance Black at the Gay Tim Honours Published: 15:44 EDT, 25 November 2022 | Updated: 19:15 EDT, 25 November 2022. Tom Daley looked typilly stylish on Friday eveng as he took to the Gay Tim Honours sponsored by Meta Qut at Magaze London the Olympic swimmer, 28, was joed by his hband Dt Lance Black for the appearance, lookg dapper as the duo sed for snaps on the red opted for a cream, two-piece su for the eveng - plete wh baby blue bow tailg attached all over. Tom Daley, 28, displayed his quirky sense of style a cream su wh sat bow adornments on Friday night at the Gay Tim Honours sponsored by Meta QutIt was the sixth annual honours for the media brand, wh the eveng havg a theme of 'Future Queer' and honourg queer people who have done credible thgs over the past 12 months the world of activism, mic, drag, televisn and Tom ma a statement his ensemble, which was vered the blue bows, as he went shirtls unrneath the tied-up blazer.

TOM DALEY LLS FOR OLYMPIC BAN ON UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHABLE BY ATH

Tom opted for a cream, two-piece su for the eveng - plete wh baby blue bow tailg attached all over - beamg alongsi hband Dt Lance Black Boys blue: Dt (far left) stuck wh a siar lour scheme as he donned a velour blue su wh a black lg, as the uple posed alongsi Gay Tim CEO Tag Warner (far right)Matchg accsori to the look, he opted for a bead necklace while holdg onto a mi handbag a matchg baby blue sha, wh a sparklg bow embellishg on the stuck wh a siar lour scheme as he donned a velour blue su wh a black blazer was layered over a light shirt and plemented by a black bolo tie, wh black su sho pletg the look. Accsorisg: Matchg accsori to the look, Tom opted for a bead necklace while holdg onto a mi handbag a matchg baby blue sha, wh a sparklg bow embellishg on the ontTag Warner, CEO of LGBTQ+ media brand Gay Tim, joed the uple for some snaps on the red rpet, standg alongsi Tom as he also donned baby blue.

As an openly gay athlete, he is dog his part to prove that you n be LGBTQ+ and be at the top of your game. As only the third male openly gay athlete to w an Olympic gold medal – Matthew Mcham was the first, 2008 – Tom acknowledg that progrs this area has been slow. (In 2018, Eric Radford was the send male openly gay athlete to w an Olympic gold medal; Greg Louganis me out after his Olympic golds.

TOM DALEY’S NEW BABY ANNOUNCEMENT MAK HIM THE FACE OF GAY JOY

For more tails topics cludg Tom’s sights on alg wh grief, jury, self-doubt, and g out as a gay athlete, as well as the importance of humor, gyrotonics, show-biz, fatherhood, and te love, check out his tobgraphy, Comg Up for Air. Brish Olympic diver Tom Daley gave hope to gay men everywhere this morng when he revealed to the world a YouTube vio that he is a relatnship wh a man. Stoppg short of g eher "gay" or "bisexual" as intifiers, Daly stat the vio that "right now I’m datg a guy and I uldn’t be happier.

TOM DALEY LOOKS STYLISH AS HE BEAMS ALONGSI HBAND DT LANCE BLACK AT GAY TIM HONOURS

In a Twter backlash that parallels one experienced by Raven-Symone after the star publicly me out, angry and homophobic ers took to their social media to exprs their outrage over Daley's really uldn't me more thrilled wh the the dividuals clearly feel jt lost a fan, go to hell!!! ?— Matthew Horne (@mashhorne) December 2, 2013I n’t believe Tom Daley is gay I’m not a fan of his anymore!

— Castiel (@DgFd) December 2, 2013Oh my God Tom Daley, put a sock up your ass, everyone lov juicy cks we jt don't say bee 's a slight agast God you homo fuck— Jahk Dilla (@dGahck) December 2, 2013Tom Daley gay? Nee sh Sherlock had more ck ends than week ends that ltle mcer— amie (@Framie88) December 2, 2013Tom Daley is gay I am now ashamed of my untry ew we n't have a bloody fag reprentg — (@alItomyself) December 2, 2013Did anyone actually thk Tom Daley was straight?

WHY OPENLY GAY ATHLETE AND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST, TOM DALEY, WANTS DIVERSE COMPANY ON PODIUMS AND LEARSHIP

— Jordon McGowan (@M_C_Amberleaf) December 2, 2013Tom Daley "It's always been at the back if my md that somethg like this may happen" SO YOUVE ALWAYS BEEN GAY YOU FAG— Le Donaldson (@Ledonaldson17) December 2, 2013s like tom daley wants a fuckg medal for beg gay— mammoth (@boomdaily) December 2, 2013we all knew Tom Daley was a fag— اللعنة (@DopeBieber) December 2, 2013Tom Daley the faggot— Ben Whfield (@BWhza) December 2, 2013In plete shock Tom Daley is gay, would never have lled #faggot— Will Foster (@WillFoster22) December 2, 2013J Christ let's be realistic anybody who thought that Tom Daley wasn't a fag, has been more nial than the guy himself.. — Le Turner (@LeTurner_5) December 2, 2013everybody is shocked about tom daley beg gay haha he's a proper faggot wasn't a b obv— ЯIᄂΣY JЦПIӨЯ (@RileyJr_) December 2, 2013Lmao ahahaha tom daley was a fag before he me out of Narnia, he's a bigger fag now— Solid Snake (@Skobis) December 2, 2013However, Tom certaly isn't lettg the homophobic bigots get him down:Overwhelmed by all the support! The Atralian diver Matthew Mcham, a iend of Daley, was the first openly gay person to w an Olympic gold medal.

PROUDLY GAY OLYMPIAN HS BACK AT DISGTG RSIAN TV SLURS

(Kathryn, UK)He’s been a massive source of spiratn – he was the first openly gay man to w an Olympic gold medal. After I me out, I didn’t go to Rsia [which has homophobic laws] to pete, bee I was worried, and then [for the next petn there] I was like: “You know what? Pic: GettyProudly gay Great Bra diver Tom Daley has rpond to a disgtg ntroversy at the Olympic Gam after he and other athlet pped horrific abe on Rsian Internatnal Olympic Commtee vowed to vtigate homophobic and transphobic ments about athlet broadst by Rsian media last week.

‘I AM A GAY MAN AND AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN’: TOM DALEY TAK GOLD TOKYO

DISGUSTING: Asie cyclist ps angry abe om entire untry'WHAT A JOKE': Unnsc karate fighter award gold medalRsian broadsters were nmned over disparagg and disgraceful ments about gay and transgenr athlet, notably Brish divg champn Daley and New Zealand weightlifter Lrel Hubbard. Brish champn Daley is gay, but Kiwi weightlifter Hubbard beme the first openly transgenr athlete to pete at the Olympics, spe failg to plete any of her lifts the qualifyg rounds. Brish divg champn Tom Daley, who is gay, and New Zealand weightlifter Lrel Hubbard, who is a transgenr woman, were targeted wh disgtg abe om Rsian TV prenters.

When, still damp om the pool after wng his long-awaed gold medal, Brish diver Tom Daley clared his pri at beg a gay man and also an Olympic champn, there were tears and full hearts across the while there was ltle shock – Daley has been a vol advote of LGBTQ+ rights for years – there was a joy and ease to his pronouncement that was new.