Olympic swimmer Dan Jervis out as gay - Queerty

Contents:

• DAN JERVIS: 'I WANT TO BE THAT ROLE MOL FOR SOMEONE' - SWIMMER OPENS UP ON BEG GAY
• WELSH SWIMMER DAN JERVIS OUT AS GAY BEFORE COMMONWEALTH GAM
• OLYMPIC SWIMMER DAN JERVIS OUT AS GAY
• WELSH SWIMMER DAN JERVIS OUT AS GAY AHEAD OF COMMONWEALTH GAM
• TEAM GB’S DAN JERVIS ON BEG GAY AND A CHRISTIAN: ‘YOU N BE BOTH’
• WELSH SWIMMER DAN JERVIS OUT AS GAY AHEAD OF COMMONWEALTH GAM
• GAY OLYMPICS SWIMMER MAK WAV AND OUT OF THE WATER
• TEAM GB’S DAN JERVIS ON BEG GAY AND A CHRISTIAN: ‘YOU N BE BOTH’
• GAY WAL
• OLYMPIC SWIMMER DAN JERVIS COM OUT AS GAY

DAN JERVIS: 'I WANT TO BE THAT ROLE MOL FOR SOMEONE' - SWIMMER OPENS UP ON BEG GAY

"'I uldn't even say 'I'm gay' - I was basilly punchg the words out'Until today, that's been the Jervis the world knew - a proud Welshman, an Olympian, and one of Bra's top swimmg he's ready to talk about the fact he's gay as well. "I said to her: 'I thk I'm gay.

' I uldn't even say: 'I'm gay. And there is this thg where people say you n't be Christian and gay together, and I was stg there knowg you n be bee I am!

WELSH SWIMMER DAN JERVIS OUT AS GAY BEFORE COMMONWEALTH GAM

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OLYMPIC SWIMMER DAN JERVIS OUT AS GAY

Brish swimmer Dan Jervis, 26, has e out as gay ahead of petg the Commonwealth Gam next month. Talkg on the BBC’s LGBT Sport Podst, Jervis said he didn’t tell anyone else that he thought he might be gay until he was 24 years old. Related: Brish soccer player Jake Daniels out as gay.

Welsh Olympic swimmer Dan Jervis says he wants to spire others after g out as gay. On tellg a iend when he was 24, he relled, “I said to her: ‘I thk I’m gay.

’ I uldn’t even say: ‘I’m gay.

WELSH SWIMMER DAN JERVIS OUT AS GAY AHEAD OF COMMONWEALTH GAM

Swimmer Dan Jervis has e out as gay ahead of next month’s Commonwealth Gam. “I said to her: ‘I thk I’m gay. B: Danny Jervis, the Brish Olympic swimmer who publicly me out as gay right before this year’s Commonwealth Gam, grew up a small village South Wal.

Comg out: While Jervis says he always knew he was gay, he didn’t e to grips wh his sexualy until he was 24 when he reached a breakg pot and uld no longer hi.

He’s a proud gay Christian man. “There is this thg where people say you n’t be Christian and gay together, and I was stg there knowg you n be bee I am. There are several untri the Commonwealth where ’s still illegal to be gay.

TEAM GB’S DAN JERVIS ON BEG GAY AND A CHRISTIAN: ‘YOU N BE BOTH’

“Now is a good time for me bee the Commonwealth Gam is a month’s time and there’s gog to be a lot of people watchg that and there’s so many untri the Commonwealth where beg gay is illegal, ” he told the BBC. Subscribe to Queerty for a daily dose of #life #dannyjervis #gayswimmer stori and more.

AdvertisementWelsh Olympian and Commonwealth Gam Silver Medalist Daniel Jervis has e out as gay at the age of 26, explag “It took 24 years to be who I was, but now I’m happy.

WELSH SWIMMER DAN JERVIS OUT AS GAY AHEAD OF COMMONWEALTH GAM

“I said to her: ‘I thk I’m gay, ’”. “I uldn’t even say: ‘I’m gay. “And there is this thg where people say you n’t be Christian and gay together, and I was stg there knowg you n be bee I am!

Jervis, says he was spired to e out publicly by both Jake Daniels, the Blackpool FC player who me out as gay, and swimmer Michael Gunng, who Jervis says has been a “fantastic help. Brish distance swimmer Dan Jervis revealed that he is gay.

GAY OLYMPICS SWIMMER MAK WAV AND OUT OF THE WATER

The 17-year-old profsnal Brish soccer player announced May that he's gay, the first such announcement the sport the last 30 said he wants to be a role mol for those LGBTQ+ people who see him petg on scribed how rewardg is to know that people will feel validated when they see him petg.

"Now is a good time for me bee the Commonwealth Gam is a month's time, and there's gog to be a lot of people watchg that, and there's so many untri the Commonwealth where beg gay is illegal.

"But jt happens that I'm also gay. Team GB swimmer Daniel Jervis is keen to prove that: “You n be both” – a gay man and a Christian.

TEAM GB’S DAN JERVIS ON BEG GAY AND A CHRISTIAN: ‘YOU N BE BOTH’

Contug on the subject of fah Jervis add: “I thk there has always been this thg where you n’t be Christian and be gay.

GAY WAL

Durg an terview wh BBC Sport, Jervis said he is now ready to talk publicly about beg gay and how his fah is patible wh . "I'm a vout Christian, I grew up a Christian fay and I've always said terviews that that's the thg I'm most proud of, and I stand by right now, jt happens that I'm also gay, " the Welshman said. In May, the openly gay Fnish swimmer won the 50-meter etyle at the European champnships, ls than three months before he is set to swim the same race, along wh the 100-meter etyle, Tokyo.

But was jt before the 2014 Wter Olympics Sochi, Rsia, (where they obvly don’t have swimmg) where the 6-10 Fn ma his biggt splash, when he me out as gay. “I wanted to jo the discsn relatn to Sochi, sce is a sad fact that the Rsian gay law affects negatively Rsian young people’s liv and g human rights general, he told the Fnish Natnal TV Channel YLE’s “Sports Weekend” show at the time.

OLYMPIC SWIMMER DAN JERVIS COM OUT AS GAY

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