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He discussed “living a lie” and a “double life” in a recent national TV interview.

Simon Dunn was the first out gay person to compete in Olympic bobsledding and was known for his LGBTQ+ activism.

“Nana, I made it!” Bowens wrote on Twitter while celebrating the win.

The gay basketball player was allegedly pinched so hard by an opponent that it left bruises.

The 10-time national track and field champion said that he’s coming out publicly to give young people “more confidence.”

“I was kicked off the Stanford swim team,” the NCAA championship swimmer wrote. “I can tell you with certainty that it comes down to the fact that I am gay.”

A gay man from Kenya is applying for asylum so he couldn’t work.

Radford and his partner, Meagan Duhamel, are leaving on top after winning a second medal in the Winter Olympics.

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This will be Kenworthy’s second Olympic games, but the first as an openly gay man.

They know he’s working on a piece about grassroots sports, but they don’t know it’s about homophobia, nor that he is gay. That’s about to change.

“The best faces to watch were those of the other teams and their parents,” writes Austin Hodges, “the gay kid who wears makeup and does the splits…”

Leaving the game had nothing to do with his coming out. If anything, the pressure to be a positive role model for gay athletes inspired him to stick it out as long as he did.