5 tim openly gay diver Matthew Mcham slayed, and out of his Speedos - Queerty

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• 5 TIM OPENLY GAY DIVER MATTHEW MCHAM SLAYED, AND OUT OF HIS SPEEDOS
• DEPRSN, ALHOL AND CRYSTAL METH: GAY ATRALIAN OLYMPIC GREAT OPENS UP ON CREDIBLE JOURNEY
• NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST OLYMPIC DIVER 37 YEARS IS OUT AND PROUDLY GAY
• DIVG HAS A NEW GAY PUP BOY, ANTON DOWN-JENKS FIRST KIWI OLYMPIC DIVER ALMOST 40 YEARS
• WATCH: THE BT FROM 6 OLYMPIC GAY DIVERS

5 TIM OPENLY GAY DIVER MATTHEW MCHAM SLAYED, AND OUT OF HIS SPEEDOS

Atralian diver Matthew Mcham will forever be celebrated as the first out gay Olympic gold medalist, but the now-retired athlete jt add another big “first” to his long list of acplishments.

He out publicly as gay, then stuns Beijg wh a perfect dive.

DEPRSN, ALHOL AND CRYSTAL METH: GAY ATRALIAN OLYMPIC GREAT OPENS UP ON CREDIBLE JOURNEY

It also ma him the first out gay Olympic gold medalist. It was wonrful to see him such fe form, and while he n’t have been thrilled to lose his signature 10 m platform event to a then-closeted Tom Daley, Mcham’s succs as an openly gay diver no doubt set the stage for Daley and many more gay athlet to e out.

Soon after the Gam he beme addicted to crystal meth, which remas a rampant issue the gay muny.

NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST OLYMPIC DIVER 37 YEARS IS OUT AND PROUDLY GAY

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

DIVG HAS A NEW GAY PUP BOY, ANTON DOWN-JENKS FIRST KIWI OLYMPIC DIVER ALMOST 40 YEARS

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

Barthel is divg for Germany and do not classify himself as gay or straight but simply intifi as “human.

WATCH: THE BT FROM 6 OLYMPIC GAY DIVERS

He was adopted om Cambodia at 18 months, and his adoptive father, Jerry, is gay.

In addn, Wdle has ntributed to the It Gets Better mpaign and was mentored om an early age by gay divg legend Greg Louganis—to the pot where he was nicknamed “The Ltle Louganis. He’s one of the bt and most important stori of the Tokyo Gam after wng his first gold medal Men’s Synchro wh divg partner Matty Lee and spirg lns by clarg, “I feel credibly proud to say I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn. Mcham 2008 me out as gay the lead-up to the Beijg Olympics, before beg the first openly gay man to w dividual Olympic gold wh a stunng, rerd-settg victory on the penultimate day of the was a highlight of an credible reer that saw Mcham battle mental health issu, dg and alhol addictn, and self 32, Mcham is happily married and has been clean for five years.

He said, “I was so sred of that I would actually tie a bber band around my wrist and every time I had a gay thought I would snap , to try and associate pa and sufferg wh the gay thought.