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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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. […]