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

Guillme Cizeron is the sixth gay man to w Olympic gold figure skatg. * gay men ice skaters *

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. 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.

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

Three figure skaters, Amerin Jason Brown and Canadians Pl Poirier and Kalyn Weaver, me out as gay and queer for Pri Month. * gay men ice skaters *

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. 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.

When Adam Rippon pet at the Olympics this year, will be the first time an openly gay figure skater reprents the Uned Stat an dividual event. But figure skatg has always provid an athletic arena for gay men, even if most historilly waed to e out publicly after their Olympic reer me to a close.

16 GAY AND BI OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS

Adam Rippon may be the first out figure skater to pete the Olympics, but he's not the only gay man to have land an axel on the world stage. * gay men ice skaters *

But he kept his sexualy a private matter until 2014, when the Uned Stat sent a legatn to Rsia ma up of high-profile gay athlet.

"I never felt like I need to before, so whether people figured out if I was gay or not, I had to make official, why I had to e out publicly. But he never mentned beg gay until he started playg hockey for the Toronto Gay Hockey Associatn, where he started lerally wearg that part of his inty on his sleeve, somethg he discsed wh The Hockey News Curry, Uned Kgdom, Men's SglThe Brish skater, famo for brgg ballet and dance mov to men's sgl, won the gold at the 1976 gam Innsbck, where he also acted as flag bearer for his natn. Shortly before petg at Worlds that same year, the German newspaper Bild-Zeung outed Curry as gay, g a mor sndal Europe, but Curry went on to w the event anyway, makg him the first skater to w the European, Olympic and World champnships a sgle season, acrdg to the BBC.

While qutns about the flamboyant skater followed him through his reer -- two Canadian broadsters ught flak and spired a Pri Hoe prott after makg homophobic ments about Weir at the 2010 Olympics -- he did not e out until 2011, when he revealed he was gay his memoir, Wele to My World.

SEVEN FABULO “OUT” GAY MEN OF FIGURE SKATG

Skaters would later say McCall's homosexualy had been an open secret wh the sport.

'GAYT SPORT AMERI'

Stt Haton his book Landg It later creded Pockar and Rob McCall for helpg him get over personal homophobia, but Haton also got cricized for posthumoly outg the O'Meara, USA, Ice DancgThe ice dancer reprented the Uned Stat at the 2006 gam Toro alongsi skatg partner Jamie Silverste. He me out publicly as gay 2008, and told that many gay skaters pete but don't discs their sexualy publicly.

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

The gay skater prevly hoped to make the team 2006 and 2010 but fell short both years. But he never mentned beg gay until he started playg hockey for the Toronto Gay Hockey Associatn, where he started lerally wearg that part of his inty on his sleeve, somethg he discsed wh The Hockey News 2012. After years of qutns of whether he and Babilonia would ever date, Gardner revealed to Scene magaze 2006 that he was gay.

Stt Haton his book Landg It later creded Pockar and Rob McCall for helpg him get over personal homophobia, but Haton also got cricized for posthumoly outg the men.

INSI FIGURE SKATG'S 'GAY PROBLEM'

Hendrickx spoke January spoke to Dutch media outlet ZiZo about what 's like to travel an ternatnal sport when homosexualy is still owned upon much of the world.

GAY ABANDON REQUIRED OZEN CLOSET OF MALE ICE SKATG

Two years later, be me out as gay an Instagram post. Spanish LGBT media outlet reported that Raya was the first Spanish Olympian ever to publicly announce he was gay.

Featurg Olympic medalists, openly gay skaters, and more, this list has them all! Important Note: this blog only featur athlet who voluntarily, personally and publicly disclosed themselv as gay.

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.

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16 Gay and Bi Olympic Figure Skaters .

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