The Olympic diver has always been proud to reprent his untry. But makg a documentary about gay rights the Commonwealth led to a revelatn
Contents:
- TOM DALEY ‘CREDIBLY PROUD TO SAY I AM GAY AND AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN’
- 5 TIM OPENLY GAY DIVER MATTHEW MCHAM SLAYED, AND OUT OF HIS SPEEDOS
- THERE ARE A RERD 11 OPENLY GAY MALE OLYMPIANS R. NONE IS AN AMERIN.
- RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
TOM DALEY ‘CREDIBLY PROUD TO SAY I AM GAY AND AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN’
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Needls to say, the gays are livg for each and every one of them. 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. She had a gay iend who was killed, stoned the streets.
”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.
5 TIM OPENLY GAY DIVER MATTHEW MCHAM SLAYED, AND OUT OF HIS SPEEDOS
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.
Then the equaly of gay marriage has been brought to qutn. “I feel credibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn.
THERE ARE A RERD 11 OPENLY GAY MALE OLYMPIANS R. NONE IS AN AMERIN.
Atralian diver Matthew Mcham will forever be celebrated as the first out gay Olympic gold medalist, but the now-retired athlete jt add another big “first” to his long list of acplishments. He out publicly as gay, then stuns Beijg wh a perfect dive. It also ma him the first out gay Olympic gold medalist.
RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
It was wonrful to see him such fe form, and while he n’t have been thrilled to lose his signature 10 m platform event to a then-closeted Tom Daley, Mcham’s succs as an openly gay diver no doubt set the stage for Daley and many more gay athlet to e out. Soon after the Gam he beme addicted to crystal meth, which remas a rampant issue the gay muny. 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.
Image source, Emma RileyImage ptn, Rad operator Emma Riley was discharged om the Navy for beg a lbian the 1990sRishi Sunak has apologised for the historil treatment of LGBT veterans who were sacked or forced out of the ary for beg PM lled the ban an "appallg failure" of the Brish was illegal to be gay the Brish ary until 2000 - wh thoands of veterans thought to be affected.