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Gay swimmer claims antigay Stanford coaches kicked him off team
“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.”
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China’s first-ever Gay Games team could be the largest delegation ever
“People in China don’t know about the games, and this is the first time there has been a direct link between the games and China.”
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Trans and gender non-conforming swimmers can make waves here without fear
London’s Transgender And Gender-Nonconforming Swimming group is taking the fear out of swimming.
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Olympic swimmer dedicates silver medal to girlfriend
Rachele Bruni, Italy’s only out LGBTQ Olympian publicly thanked her “beloved,” and told reporters that was her girlfriend.
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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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Chyrons can make Olympic swimming a much more interesting sport
Speedos apparently don’t mix well with NBC’s graphics.
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This Olympian wants you to look at his butt (it’s for a good cause)
“Having the words ‘gay and lesbian’ over my butt is my way of announcing my queerness for the swimming world to see.”
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British divers take bronze in Rio but only the gay one makes headlines
It’s a reversal of fortune for Britain’s gay champion diver, who was given prominent coverage over his straight swimming partner.
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At Harvard, Schuyler Bailar will be first openly trans collegiate swimmer in U.S. history
The Harvard freshman was recruited to swim on the school’s women’s team. But next season, he’ll swim for the men’s team after his transition, becoming the first openly transgender collegiate swimmer in U.S. history.
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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.