Bce Mouat talks about the prospect of wng two gold medals at next month's Wter Olympics and why g out as gay to team-mat helped him on that journey.
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- TOP BRISH CURLER THRIVED AFTER G OUT AS GAY TO HIS TEAM
- OUT GAY OLYMPIAN BCE MOUAT JT WON ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL
- GAY CURLER BCE MOUAT WILL PLAY FOR OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
- MATCHUP OF TWO OPENLY GAY SKIPS AT BRIER A W FOR CLIVY SPORTS
- STS CURLER BID FOR OLYMPIC GLORY SAYS G OUT TO TEAMMAT AS GAY WAS 'BT THG HE'S DONE'
TOP BRISH CURLER THRIVED AFTER G OUT AS GAY TO HIS TEAM
Curlg offers a "very safe space" for gay athlet, says Bce Mouat, who creds g out to his team-mat as a fg moment his reer. * gay scottish curler *
Stland skip Bce Mouat is the world's most succsful curler 2021Curlg offers a "very safe space" for gay athlet, says Bce Mouat, who creds g out to his team-mat as a fg moment his 27-year-old St has enjoyed an credible year, skippg his rk to European gold and world also land three Grand Slam tl and beme world mixed doubl champn wh Jen Dodds. "She was the first person I ever told that beg gay was what I was hidg om the sport and om my fay and iends, " he relled. "She was the one who helped me realise that beg gay didn't really matter terms of a sport, 's not gog to affect how I play, but that before I had e out was affectg how I played.
OUT GAY OLYMPIAN BCE MOUAT JT WON ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL
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Bra’s top curler headg to the 2022 Wter Olympics says his succs the sport me when he me out as gay eight years ago to a sports psychologist. “She was the one who helped me realize that beg gay didn’t really matter terms of a sport, ’s not gog to affect how I play, but that before I had e out was affectg how I played, ” Bce Mouat told the BBC.
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GAY CURLER BCE MOUAT WILL PLAY FOR OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
The out Sttish curler, who beme the first gay man to w a Wter Olympics medal outsi of figure skatg almost a century at least year’s Gam, n now add a gold trophy to his se. He me out as gay 2013, and says he’s flourished ever sce. Mouat, who me out as gay eight years ago, is no stranger to champnship-level petn.
A total of 186 publicly out gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, queer and nonbary athlet participated the Tokyo Gam, acrdg to Not only was that the most at any Olympics ever, but was also more than triple the number of LGBTQ athlet at the 2016 R Gam.
MATCHUP OF TWO OPENLY GAY SKIPS AT BRIER A W FOR CLIVY SPORTS
Andrew Blaser will bee the first openly gay man to pete skeleton at the Olympics. Brown me out as gay durg Pri Month, June, of last year. The 27-year-old Cizeron, who is gay, and 26-year-old Papadakis have formed a domant partnership, pturg four World Champnship tl, five European Champnship tl and seven natnal tl.
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STS CURLER BID FOR OLYMPIC GLORY SAYS G OUT TO TEAMMAT AS GAY WAS 'BT THG HE'S DONE'
Mouat, who is gay, had himself que the 2021. Jt like Jason Brown, Canadian ice dancer Pl Poirier also me out as gay durg Pri Month 2021.
Radford and partner Meagan Duhamel skated to a first-place fish the team event, makg Radford the first openly gay man to w gold at a Wter Olympics. Who was the first openly gay Olympian? Amerin Robert Dover was the first openly gay athlete to pete at the Olympic Gam.