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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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TOM DALEY: OLYMPIC DIVER REVEALS HE IS A GAY RELATNSHIP

The Olympic diver has always been proud to reprent his untry. But makg a documentary about gay rights the Commonwealth led to a revelatn * tom daley diver gay *

Brish divg star Tom Daley reveals he is a gay relatnship. Earlier this year, September, the London 2012 bronze medalist was voted the world’s sexit man by leadg gay magaze, Attu.

Atralia’s Matthew Mcham announced he was homosexual before he won gold Beijg, while four-time Olympic champn Greg Louganis me out as gay after qutg the sport 1995. Read: Gay athlete promis openly fiant stance at Gam. Read: Hysen says gay soccer players want to e out.

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

Soccer star out as gay. 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. 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. “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.

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

Onlookers told MailOnle Tom stripped down to his unrwear while the DJ blasted out Gloria Gaynor's dis classic I Will Survive and he was 'egged on' by partygoers to crowd surf.

The Olympic diver was filmed crowd surfg semi-naked at Cori the rort of Val d'Isere on TudayEnergetic: Onlookers told MailOnle Tom stripped down to his unrwear while the DJ blasted out Gloria Gaynor's dis classic I Will SurviveTom was seen earlier that night at La Follie Douce, a popular bar suated at the top of the Daille ble r on the rort, before skig down to nightclub was equented by var natnali cludg Brs, French, Italians and Germany, many of whom regnised the diver who has been on holiday wh hband of four years Dt Lance Black, who he shar three-year-old son Robbie wh, wasn't believed to bewh him on the night out, though Tom did share a snap wh his spoe on a trip to the slop on Instagram on The onlooker add that the Team GB gold medallist was 'egged on' to crowd surf durg the night out, and was clearly ' his element' while 'lettg his hair down' Oops! 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.

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

”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.

NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST OLYMPIC DIVER 37 YEARS IS OUT AND PROUDLY GAY

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.

3 m readGay 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 to reprent New Zealand at an Olympic Gam sce 1984 and be open about beg gay as the Tokyo Olympics Gam opened overnight.

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

Gay Natn listed Down-Jenks as one to watch at the Commonwealth Gam 2018.

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TOM DALEY AFTER WNG GOLD: ‘I'M GAY AND AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN'

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Gaybros is a work built for gay men who aren't nfed to a media stereotype. I’ve never felt the need to explicly tell people ‘I’m gay. There’s [Brish diver] Tom Daley who is a multi-Olympic medalist, you have [Atralian diver] Matthew Mcham who won gold Beijg [and was the first openly gay athlete to w Olympic gold].

As the stereotype go, gays may not be able to drive. But they n certaly thank openly gay Brish diver Tom Daley, 27, who won Olympic gold on Monday after a 13-year pursu. Followg his victory, Daley spoke at a prs nference about beg an openly gay Olympian.

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