There have been 39 gay Olympic figure skaters. Here’s the list - Outsports

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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.

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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 ice skater dancing with the stars *

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.

OPENLY GAY FIGURE SKATER MAK U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM AND HISTORY

Prr to takg the stage to dance to the Vietname waltz for the segment tled 'Villas Night', Johnny briefly talked about his stggl as a gay person and how impacted his childhood * gay ice skater dancing with the stars *

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:. Prr to takg the stage to dance to the Vietname waltz for the segment tled 'Villas Night', Johnny briefly talked about his stggl as a gay person and how impacted his childhood.

Dancg wh the Stars Johnny hi sexualy gay skate fans reactns villas night. Amerin figure skater Adam Rippon has qualified for the 2018 Pyeongchang Gam, makg him the first openly gay U.

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

Adam Rippon has qualified for the 2018 Pyeongchang Gam, makg him the first openly gay U.S. athlete to ever qualify for the Wter Olympics. * gay ice skater dancing with the stars *

The 28-year-old Olympics rookie will be joed South Korea by fellow Amerin figure skaters Vcent Zhou, 17, and Nathan Chen, may also be, acrdg to rearch nducted by LGBTQ sports se Outsports, "the first publicly out gay man ever selected to a Wter Olympics team om any untry any sport. "I was recently asked an terview what s like to be a gay athlete sports, " he tweeted.

"While Rippon is the first openly gay man to qualify for the U.

"While an openly gay man has never peted for Team USA the Wter Olympics, a few have peted durg the Summer Gam, but the list is short — very short. Then there was openly gay diver Patrick Jefey, who peted the 1996 Olympic Gam 2016 R Olympics had a rerd of 56 publicly out LGBTQ athlet petg, ne of them Amerin, acrdg to Outsports. 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.

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 ice skater dancing with the stars *

"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 2012. 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.

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

After years of qutns of whether he and Babilonia would ever date, Gardner revealed to Scene magaze 2006 that he was gay.

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Three Olympic figure skaters e out: 2 gay men and 1 queer woman - Outsports .

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