Finnish Swimmer Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Comes Out
Finnish Olympian Ari-Pekka Liukkonen has become the first Finnish Olympian to come out while still active in his career. The swimmer, who competed in the London 2012 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the European championships of the same year, has reportedly said he decided to come out to raise awareness of Russia’s anti-gay […]
U.S.A. Criticized for Including Openly Gay Athletes in Delegation to Sochi
Mario Pescante, a senior Italian member of the International Olympics Committee, has criticized the United States for its inclusion of openly gay athletes in its official delegation for the Sochi Olympics. Pescante let his opinions be known at an IOC meeting in Milan. “”It’s absurd that a country like that sends four lesbians to Russia […]
Obama Appoints Gay Tennis Legend to Sochi Delegation
US President Barack Obama has appointed tennis legend Billie Jean King to the USA’s official delegation to the Sochi Olympics. The inclusion of a high profile lesbian athlete has been seen as a direct response to Russia’s controversial anti-gay laws. On her Twitter account King posted, “Honored to represent USA in Sochi and I hope […]
Snowboarder Belle Brockhoff Comes Out
Australian snowboarder Belle Brockhoff has announced she’s gay and says she’s prepared to wear a rainbow symbol at the Sochi Olympics. Brockhoff was speaking to the ABC program ‘Lateline’ when she made the declaration. “I want to be able to be who I am, be proud of who I am and be proud of all […]
UK and US Leaders Rule Out Olympic Boycott
British Prime Minister David Cameron has taken to Twitter to responded to calls the 2013 Winter Olympic Games to be cancelled. The Prime Minister posted a tweet reading, “I believe we can better challenge prejudice as we attend, rather than boycotting the Winter Olympics.” The Prime Minister’s comment comes days after British writer and gay […]
Stephen Fry: Putin is making scapegoats of gay people, just as Hitler did Jews
British actor, writer and ‘all round amazing guy’ Stephen Fry as written an open letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron, British Olympic Chair Lord Sebastian Coe and President of the International Olympics Committee Jacques Rogge. Fry asks them to ban the 2014 Winter Olympics scheduled to take place in the Russian city of Sochi […]
Confusion Over LGBT Laws at Olympics
Confusion is growing over how Russia’s new gay propaganda laws will affect the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Last week the International Olympic Committee announced that it had received assurances that the new laws would not affect the Olympics and gay tourists and competitors traveling to Russia would not be targeted by the countries new […]
Australian Olympian Comes Out As HIV+
Olympic Silver Medallist Ji Wallace has revealed himself to be HIV+, being inspired to go public by American diver Greg Louganis – a fellow HIV+ athlete. The openly gay trampolinist felt compelled to speak openly about his condition after TV journalist Anderson Cooper came out, and following Lougani’s discussion on living with HIV on CNN. […]
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