Adam Rippon has qualified for the 2018 Pyeongchang Gam, makg him the first openly gay U.S. athlete to ever qualify for the Wter Olympics.
Contents:
- THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN
- THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST
- OPENLY GAY FIGURE SKATER MAK U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM AND HISTORY
THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN
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“[Beg a gay athlete] hasn’t been somethg that I’ve really talked about very much, pecially a public settg, ” Poirier said. 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.
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THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST
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Six of the gay men to pete have won Olympic gold medals:. Amerin figure skater Adam Rippon has qualified for the 2018 Pyeongchang Gam, makg him the first openly gay U. The 28-year-old Olympics rookie will be joed South Korea by fellow Amerin figure skaters Vcent Zhou, 17, and Nathan Chen, may also be, acrdg to rearch nducted by LGBTQ sports se Outsports, "the first publicly out gay man ever selected to a Wter Olympics team om any untry any sport.
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OPENLY GAY FIGURE SKATER MAK U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM AND HISTORY
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"While an openly gay man has never peted for Team USA the Wter Olympics, a few have peted durg the Summer Gam, but the list is short — very short.
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"There was a hidn layer of, 'don't be so gay, '" Rippon said. Oftentim, this feedback was om a gay official or judge.