2018 gay olympians

Figure skaters Adam Rippon and Eric Radford each made history as openly gay men who won medals at the Winter Olympics, the latest milestones for Team LGBTQ. There have been modern Olympians [a] (including Paralympians, Summer Olympic athletes and artists, and Winter Olympians) who have identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, non-binary, and/or queer, or who have openly been in a same-sex relationship.

At the Summer Olympics in Beijing, 11 openly gay athletes competed, only one of whom – Australian diver Matthew Mitcham, who won gold and is a vocal LGBT activist – was a man.

Out LGBTQ athletes are already crushing it at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. With only seven of our 14 out athletes competing so far, three of them have already won a medal. Of. Figure skater Adam Rippon and skier Gus Kenworthy are proud to pave the way for more athletes to be open about their sexuality. The two men, who quickly became friends after learning they are the.

And I feel great about it. Many people watching at home witnessed something they may not have seen before at least in an athletic context or were forced to view something they refuse to accept. Rippon gave a strong performance Sunday night to help the U. Pyeongchang The team is expected to be medal contenders after taking home the silver in Sochi in But since then, he says he has received messages of support and even others saying he has helped them come out to their parents or friends.

The skater makes his Olympic debut after narrowly missing making the team in and In an emotional interview with Ski Sunday in , Kenworthy said of all the things he has done in his life, he was most proud of coming out. The Netherlands speed skater has won eight total medals over three Olympics Games, including four golds. It was an amazing feeling. He trains with and competes against Nathan Chen , a gold medal hopeful ten years his junior.

Close Modal Close Modal. For Rippon, this will be his first ever Olympic run.

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Image source, Getty Images. Image source, Twitter. While you were busy being heterosexual, I studied the blade pic. In , Maas showed the cameras her gloves, which featured rainbow patterns according to Whitelines.

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I will be riding my heart out! Iraschko-Stolz currently has one silver medal, which she won at the Sochi games. The Canadian previously won silver with partner Meagan Duhamel at Sochi in before he came out later that year, according to NewNowNext. Stepping into Brazil: Getting ready to run! If they go to the Olympics, they can just be called Olympians. Kenworthy has also used his platform for a message of inclusion.

He is the oldest male figure skater competing on team USA this year, and the oldest figure skater to make his first trip to the Olympics since Flash forward to the opening ceremony of Pyeongchang and the Sochi silver medallist walked into the Olympic stadium with Team USA as one of their first openly gay male Winter Olympic athletes. British Olympic Association. Other athletes have come out as part of the LGBTQ community after their Olympic careers, but this is first time that American athletes who are competing in the winter games are openly gay.

Additionally, normalization of LGBTQ people helps to erode the mentalities of homophobia and bigotry within our culture at large, as we are not seen as outsiders.