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

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• 'I FEEL VERY EMPOWERED': DIVER TOM DALEY DISCS BEG OPENLY GAY AFTER WNG GOLD
• THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST
• DIVER TOM DALEY WS GOLD: 'I AM A GAY MAN AND ALSO AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN'

'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. 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. 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.

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

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.

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

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:. 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.