Contents:
- 'I FEEL VERY EMPOWERED': DIVER TOM DALEY DISCS BEG OPENLY GAY AFTER WNG GOLD
- KELLY BRAZIER, GAYLE BROUGHTON, RUBY TUI, AND PORTIA WOODMAN
- THIS IS HOW ALL OF THE OUT GAY, LBIAN AND BI OLYMPIANS DID THIS WEEKEND
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPENLY GAY OLYMPIANS
- TOM DALEY ‘CREDIBLY PROUD’ TO BE A GAY MAN AND OLYMPIC CHAMPN AFTER WNG GOLD
'I FEEL VERY EMPOWERED': DIVER TOM DALEY DISCS BEG OPENLY GAY AFTER WNG GOLD
"I feel credibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn, " he add. The jump openly out gay, transgenr and non-bary athlet this year unrsr changg attus around the world and wh the Olympic Gam. Our survey has found that the signifint majory of LGBTQ Olympic gold wng athlet nsists of 74 per cent lbians (51) and 26 per cent gay (18) at the time of wng their medals.
This preponrance of out lbian athlet ntu today all profsnal sports - lbians are much more fortable wh intifyg their sexual preference than gay men. 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.
KELLY BRAZIER, GAYLE BROUGHTON, RUBY TUI, AND PORTIA WOODMAN
Kelly Brazier, Gayle Broughton, Ruby Tui, Portia Woodman - Team New Zealand.
Kelly Brazier, Gayle Broughton, Ruby Tui, Portia Woodman, and the rt of the famed All Blacks took home gold for women's gby. Women’s basketball team members Sue Bird, Chelsea Gray, Brtney Grer, Breanna Stewart and Diana Trasi; Amerin 3-on-3 basketball player Stefanie Dolson; Canadian women’s soccer team members Qun, Kaisha Buchanan, Er McLeod, Kailen Sheridan and Stephanie Labbe; French handball players Amande Leynd and Alexandra Lacrabère; New Zealand gby players Gayle Broughton, Ruby Tui, Kelly Brazier and Portia Woodman; and, of urse, Brish diver Tom Daley, who fally took home the gold for synchronized divg at his fourth Gam. “I feel credibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn, ” Daley, 27, told reporters after he and divg partner Matty Lee sred a wng 471.
THIS IS HOW ALL OF THE OUT GAY, LBIAN AND BI OLYMPIANS DID THIS WEEKEND
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPENLY GAY OLYMPIANS
Particularly when to queer reprentatn, an creasg number of athlet om around the world are openly petg as members of the LGBTQ+ their honour, let’s take a trip down Olympian memory lane, celebratg some of the trailblazg LGBTQ+ athlet and Olympic medallists of gam ’Carri Richardson: what to know about the would-be Tokyo Olympics hopefulRobert Dover, drsage (USA), four bronzeEqutrian Robert Dover beme the first openly gay person to pete at the Olympics. Matthew Mcham, divg (Atralia), one goldMatthew Mcham is the first openly gay Olympic gold medallist. Photo: @matthewmcham88/InstagramMcham’s acrobatic excellence earned him an Olympic gold the 10 metre platform event, makg him the first openly gay Olympic gold medallist.
He also beme the first Atralian male diver to w a gold at an Olympics sce is Carl Nassib, the NFL’s first active player to e out as gay?
Photo: @tomdaley/InstagramDaley bagged his first Olympic medal w 2012, and over a year later shared a vio on his YouTube channel publicly acknowledgg that he was a gay relatnship.
TOM DALEY ‘CREDIBLY PROUD’ TO BE A GAY MAN AND OLYMPIC CHAMPN AFTER WNG GOLD
The two men are among the most high-profile gay upl the Thorpe, swimmg (Atralia), five gold, three silver, one bronzeAtralian swimmg champn Ian Thorpe is one of the most award athlet recent memory who publicly me out after he retired om ternatnal petn. Kelly Brazier, Gayle Broughton, Ruby Tui, and Portia Woodman.