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• 5 GAY SNOWBOARRS E OUT TOGETHER
• JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK
• SKIER G KENWORTHY GIV GAY ATHLET SOMETHG HE DIDN’T HAVE: A ROLE MOL
• OPENLY GAY SNOWBOARR BELLE BROCKHOFF MAK OLYMPICS SPE KNEE JURY
• AFTER G OUT AS GAY, ACPLISHED SNOWBOARR REKDL HIS LOVE OF THE SPORT
• GAY SNOWBOARR GO FOR GOLD UNR SOCHI'S ANTI-LGBT SHADOW
• THE ARE THE 6 OPENLY GAY ATHLET PETG AT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS
• WTER OLYMPICS POISED TO BE GAYT EVER AS ANOTHER QUEER ATHLETE QUALIFI
• SKI CHAMPN COM OUT AS GAY: ‘I’M READY TO BE HAPPY’
• OLYMPIAN SAYS GAY MEN ARE WARDS, SO THERE AREN’T GAY MALE PRO SKIERS
• WTER OLYMPICS POISED TO BE GAYT EVER AS ANOTHER QUEER ATHLETE QUALIFI

5 GAY SNOWBOARRS E OUT TOGETHER

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. Andrew Blaser will bee the first openly gay man to pete skeleton at the Olympics.

JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK

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. LeDuc beme the first openly gay athlete to w a U.

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.

SKIER G KENWORTHY GIV GAY ATHLET SOMETHG HE DIDN’T HAVE: A ROLE MOL

Peltzer ran at the 1928 Amsterdam and 1932 Los Angel Olympics before he was arrted and imprisoned by the Nazis for his homosexualy 1935. Atralian diver Matthew Mcham was the first openly gay athlete to w gold at the Olympics.

OPENLY GAY SNOWBOARR BELLE BROCKHOFF MAK OLYMPICS SPE KNEE JURY

It wasn’t until the 2018 Gam when Team USA featured s first openly gay Wter Olympians, as figure skater Adam Rippon, ekier G Kenworthy and speed skater Brtany Bowe peted PyeongChang. Rippon earned bronze the 2018 team figure skatg petn to make him the Uned Stat’ first openly gay medalist at the Wter Gam.

(Follow @alyroe on Twter) story is part of ESPN's ongog seri explorg what means to be an openly gay athlete the post-acceptance world. And so, as we s down together Los Angel September, he begs the only way he knows how: "I gus I should start by sayg, 'I'm gay. If they knew he was gay, would the kids idolize him as much?

AFTER G OUT AS GAY, ACPLISHED SNOWBOARR REKDL HIS LOVE OF THE SPORT

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Kenworthy knew he was gay as early as 5 years old and felt different om other boys. "Unls you're gay, beg gay has never been looked at as beg ol.

Gay marriage is legal now, attus are changg. Take, for stance, the former sponsor who ma a c anti-gay remark about why Kenworthy was once late to a petn. Take his physil therapist, who once told Kenworthy that he uldn't even image talkg to a gay guy all night.

GAY SNOWBOARR GO FOR GOLD UNR SOCHI'S ANTI-LGBT SHADOW

("I thought, 'You've talked to a gay guy for two hours a day, four days a week for seven months. ' ")Take the nstant dmbeat of livg a culture that the words "gay" and "fag" as monly as "stoked. Today, might be a Facebook rant or an Instagram post om a pro snowboarr who's annoyed that "skier fags" have filtrated another ntt or plag that a shoddy halfpipe is "gay.

"I'm sure there have been gay actn sports athlet the past, " Dorey says.

After g out as gay an Instagram post 2020, Bank hop to show younger athlet “that they n be whomever they are, or want to be, whout discrimatn. Aymoz is openly gay, g out the documentary “We Need to Talk” 2021. Jason Brown (@jasonbskat) is an openly gay figure skater reprentg Team USA.

THE ARE THE 6 OPENLY GAY ATHLET PETG AT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS

Guillme Cizeron (@GuillmeCIZ) is an openly gay figure skater petg for Team France.

WTER OLYMPICS POISED TO BE GAYT EVER AS ANOTHER QUEER ATHLETE QUALIFI

Lewis Gibson (@Lewisgibson4) is an openly gay figure skater reprentg Team Great Bra. Pl Poirier (@PlDPoirier) is an openly gay figure skater on Team Canada. Radford ma history as the first petive figure skater to e out as gay while still petg for champnship tl 2014, pavg the way for future LGBTQ+ athlet to e out.

Andrew Blaser (@andrewblaser) is an openly gay skeleton slir for Team USA.

SKI CHAMPN COM OUT AS GAY: ‘I’M READY TO BE HAPPY’

G Kenworthy (@gkenworthy) is an openly gay etyle skier and a dual cizen of Great Bra and the Uned Stat. “I also thk there’s a difference between knowg that you’re gay and acceptg that you’re gay. Java Fernanz, a self-scribed close iend of Pendleton, nducted the terview and wrote that she herself was surprised to learn Pendleton is gay.

OLYMPIAN SAYS GAY MEN ARE WARDS, SO THERE AREN’T GAY MALE PRO SKIERS

And on Tuday, Profsnal snowboarr and skateboarr Jake Kuzyk me out as gay. I’m very proud to be gay! Profsnal snowboarr and skateboarr Jake Kuzyk me out as gay on Tuday, the fifth LGBTQ snowboarr to do so a seri of terviews on Torment magaze’s webse.

Kuzyk jos fellow snowboarrs Chad Unger, Kennedi Deck, Jill Perks and Tanner Pendleton g out on Torment, a clear sign that snowboardg is shakg off s homophobic past. He told Torment that he disvered Pendleton was gay 2018 before attendg a memorial service for fellow snowboarr Dillon Ojo.

I had no ia [Tanner] was gay, so when he told me and I put down the phone, I cried my room.

WTER OLYMPICS POISED TO BE GAYT EVER AS ANOTHER QUEER ATHLETE QUALIFI

When Tanner told me he was gay, I felt pletely disarmed. “I’m gay.