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He’s not competing, but the Rio Olympics are why Ian Thorpe came out
Thorpe is credited with inspiring superstar Michael Phelps to become the swimmer he is today, and opening doors for other gay athletes.
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Ian Thorpe: ‘I am almost ready to be a gay role model’
“I like helping out young people.”
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Ian Thorpe: ‘Media attention kept me in the closet’
He says he would’ve come out far sooner had he not been pushed on the subject.
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Ian Thorpe: ‘Dating men is a nightmare’
“It’s an absolute mess out there,” he says. “Where are all the normal people?”
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Thank you Ian Thorpe: How your coming out impacted this gay dad and his kids
Last weekend, Ian Thorpe, who Australian politician Penny Wong called her country’s “greatest Olympian,” came out as a gay man. In doing so, he follows in the footsteps of a number of brave public celebrities and a number of athletes from around the globe. There was an aspect to Thorpe’s disclosure which was dramatically more poignant than his predecessors, however…
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Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe: ‘I’m comfortable saying I’m a gay man’
Australian Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe comes out as gay in a television interview airing Sunday evening in Australia, reports the Daily Telegraph. Thorpe’s announcement follows more than a decade of denials — the first of which came just as his career skyrocketed at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, when he was just 15.