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ARE THERE ANY GAY F1 DRIVERS?

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"To be a woman, to be a gay woman, F1 is important to me, not jt bee I want to be accsible to others and be that visibily, but to help other people who want to be my posn. "Y, you n be a woman a male-domated dtry, or a gay man or non-bary, transgenr, but, at the end of the day, everyone lov motorsport and I thk that's really important to foc on.

"Formula 1, as an anisatn, has taken steps to addrs s lack of diversy, lnchg the We Race As One iative 2020 to raise awarens for racial equaly and discrimatn of all kds, cludg anti-gay said their statement: "It will not be a one-week or one-year theme that disappears as issu disappear om headl, will unrp the Formula 1 strategy to make a tangible difference our sport and society. Vettel and his Aston Mart team have been champng Pri across the season, wh Vettel's rabow T-shirt and attire at the Hungarian Grand Prix worn to prott the untry's anti-gay laws that were passed June.

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