American gay olympic skater

There have been at least 39 gay men to compete in figure skating at the Winter Olympic Games over the years, with eight publicly out men competing in LGBT historian Tony Scupham-Bilton has. Figure skater Adam Rippon became the first openly gay American man to qualify for the Winter Olympics with his selection to the U.S.

team for the PyeongChang Games. While they are long shots to land on the pairs podium in Beijing, the final discipline of the figure skating program, they could help the U. Regardless, LeDuc will be the first openly nonbinary U. Take, for instance, Brian Boitano, who won gold for the U.

Even the flamboyant Johnny Weir, among the most beloved of American figure skaters thanks in part to his work as an NBC analyst alongside Tara Lipinski, did not come out as gay until after competing at the and Winter Games. The majority of LGBTQ Olympians are female.

What he became most recently was a member of the U. Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Thank you again for your support along the way. I am proud of everything that I am and will become. Take the free skate of American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates, where she portrays an alien that is being romanced by an astronaut set to music from the French electronic music duo Daft Punk.

[b][c] LGBTQ Olympians have contested events across over 60 sports, as well as several artistic events. The Human Rights Campaign says it can also encompass agender, bigender, genderqueer and gender-fluid. Join the HuffPost Community.

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Figure skater Adam Rippon will be one of two openly gay Americans competing in the Winter Olympics, a first for the U.S. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer Watching figure skater Adam Rippon compete, it. Your membership fuels journalism that strengthens democracy.

Already contributed? The first Olympic Games in which an athlete now known to be LGBTQ competed was the Summer Olympics, also the first LGBTQ Olympic medalist and first contemporaneously out Olympian. We remain committed to providing you with the unflinching, fact-based journalism everyone deserves.

Membership connects you to a movement of readers who believe good journalism builds a better world. Nine out figure skaters are part of a contingent of over 30 out LGBT athletes at the Olympic Winter Games. Join today and support our work. The year-old LeDuc and pairs partner Ashley Cain-Gribble won their second national title last month in Nashville, giving them a spot in their first Olympics.

Join now and protect truth where it matters most. Indeed, the stigma that might once have attached itself to gay, lesbian or transgender athletes has waned as the public has grown in its knowledge and acceptance of them.

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That has given skaters such as Jason Brown, who came out as gay last June and will compete for the U. The term is used to describe a person who does not identify as exclusively male or female. Not only did Rippon leave fans breathless, he became the first openly gay American to medal at the Winter Games.

Chock says the space-age love story — which could land them on the Olympic podium — conveys the welcoming mindset of the U. In a time of misinformation and noise, HuffPost stays grounded in facts and empathy.