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Contents:
- THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPENLY GAY OLYMPIANS
- GAY SKATER GUILLME CIZERON WS ICE DANCG GOLD WH GABRIELLA PAPADAKIS
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 olympic gold medalists *
Out LGBTQ athlet at the Tokyo Summer Olympics earned more medals than any untry that crimaliz homosexualy. Iran, which kills people for beg gay, fished wh jt seven medals.
The gays absolutely cshed Iran the medal unt. Still, Team LGBTQ btg every untry that mak homosexualy illegal has to brg a good feelg. 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.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPENLY GAY OLYMPIANS
* gay olympic gold medalists *
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.
GAY SKATER GUILLME CIZERON WS ICE DANCG GOLD WH GABRIELLA PAPADAKIS
Six of the gay men to pete have won Olympic gold medals:. 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. Figure skater Adam Rippon will be one of two openly gay Amerins petg the 2018 Wter Olympics, a first for the U.
But there’s one thg Rippon won’t be hidg – this year, he and etyle skier G Kenworthy will bee the first openly gay Amerin men to ever pete the Wter Olympics.