Gay male figure skaters

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. Here's every figure skater and ice dancer to compete at the Olympic Games who came out during or after their time on the ice. USA. Men's Singles. The California skater won the gold medal. The list "LGBTQ figure skaters" has been viewed times.

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famous gay figure skaters

Analeigh Christian Tipton (born November 9, ) is an American actress and fashion model. 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.

The list, compiled by the LGBT sports site , includes French skater Guillaume Cizeron, a gold medal hope in ice dance, as well as U.S. pairs skater Timothy LeDuc, who is the first out non-binary athlete to compete at a Winter Games. I just found this from an old bookmark. Why haven't I come here before? Mushing and Figure Skating, yes! Question- how sleep deprived will we be with the Iditarod starting as soon as the Olympics end?

Well, welcome to my blog! Kinda fell off pace when I went on vacation at the start of the year. Gotta get back to it. Thankfully I haven't lost much sleep over the Olympics. Skating comes on at 4pm and is done no later than 10! That's nice for you. Skating always seemed to start at 10 and end around in Ohio. I get that the US Media is trying to be "progressive" by being so positive and obsessed with Adam Rippon being the "first openly gay US athlete" at the Olympics, but they're acting like this also somehow makes what he's doing on the ice that much more impressive.

He's doing what he feels he needs to do, and more power to him, but I feel it ignores some of the other fantastic athletes in this sport, and it's overshadowing other amazing athletes at these games Mirai Nagasu, anyone? This is not a knock on Adam - he had an amazing skate last night judging issues aside. I just can't help but go to youtube and watch some of the ones that came before Adam.

They in many ways paved the way. Point being: without the ones that came before, Adam most likely could not have broken down that final barrier. I don't think we'd be seeing him stick his tongue out suggestively at the judges in an Olympic season without the likes of Boitano, Galindo who did not make it to the Olympics, but certainly deserves credit , Goebel, Savoie, and of course Weir. I'm not going to list all of them, and since the media is focused on him being the first US man, I'll just share a few of my favorite Olympic moments by known out gay men because I think they need a shout out.

Probably most notable is our Olympic Champion Brian Boitano. If you grew up with skating in the 90's you know who Brian is. Brian only came out in , but I'm fairly certain most fans "knew". It just wasn't something we cared about. As Brian said in a recent interview it is a part of who he is, but it's only a part. He's also a figure skater, chef, etc. The incredibly private Boitano just did not feel the need to share it with the world - until the Olympics were in Russia and Obama asked him to be a part of the delegation from the US.

Brian Boitano's Olympic Winning Long Program is one of the most iconic programs in modern figure skating. Everything from the music and choreography, to the costume and the permed mullet thing he had going on. It's one of the first images I have whenever Boitano is mentioned. Team USA's made up for it lately though. In , Timothy Goebel who would not come out until he announced his engagement just a few years ago , was our "quad king" going into the Salt Lake City games.

Like Boitano, Timothy kept his life very private, but unlike Boitano was considered one of the heartthrobs of the Winter Olympics that year I admit to crushing hard for Timmy!