Lgbtq olympic athletes list
The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games are upon us and GLAAD is gearing up for what will be the most-watched sporting events placing out LGBTQ athletes on a global stage, with a promise for the Games to be the most innovative, most sustainable, and most inclusive yet.
This year, the Olympics are scheduled to take place from July 26th to August 11th, followed by the Paralympics from August 28th to September 8th. While the vast majority of events will take place in Paris, France, events such as sailing and surfing will extend beyond the city’s limits and are set to occur in Marseille and Teahupo’o, Tahiti respectively.
Games Extensive Open
To concretize its goals of accessibility and inclusivity, Paris 2024 has named “Games Wide Open” as the theme for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. In line with the theme, the Paris Olympics and Paralympics will main attraction full gender parity between men and women. This sets a precedent for future Games and makes history as the first Olympics in which there will be an same number of men and women competing.
Reaffirming its dedication to keeping the “Games Wide Open” and to the fight against discrimination, the Games will host the Pride Ho
Meet the LGBTQ+ Athletes Participating in the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games
Openly LGBTQ+ Athletes Competing in Beijing (organized alphabetically and by sport)
This list reflects information compiled by Outsports and LGBT historian Tony Scupham-Bilton. The full list from Outsports can be found here.
Biathlon
Megan Banks (@megan.bankes) is an openly homosexual biathlete representing Team Canada who uses she/they pronouns. After coming out as gay in an Instagram post in 2020, Bankes hopes to show younger athletes “that they can be whomever they are, or want to be, without discrimination.” They are competing in their first Olympics this year and have previously competed in several World Championships.
Curling 🥌
Bruce Mouat (@BruceMouat) is a curler for Team Superb Britain competing in his first Olympic Games. Mouat has boasted an memorable pre-Olympics career, recently finishing first in the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Championship amongst other competitions.
Figure Skating ⛸
Filippo Ambrosini is an out figure skater characterizing Team Italy. The 2022 Olympic Games mark his first time competing on this global stage, previously earning multiple
Meet the Out LGBTQ+ Team USA Athletes Competing in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
by HRC Staff •
With the 2024 Olympics right around the corner, we couldn’t think of a better way to support Team USA than lifting up the incredible Homosexual athletes leaving their mark in Paris.
At least 29 openly LGBTQ+ athletes are on Team USA’s Olympic roster this year, with most either playing basketball or rowing. A record-setting 186 out LGBTQ+ athletes participated in the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2021, and this year there’s at least 144 competing. There’s also a number of firsts when it comes to LGBTQ representation this year: Kayla Miracle is the first out LGBTQ Olympic wrestler, and Nico Juvenile is the first out gay male U.S. track Olympian, to name a few.
Chelsea Gray
Chelsea Gray will rejoin the USA women's national basketball team this year, having contributed to their gold medal win in the previous Summer Olympics held in Tokyo. Currently playing as a indicate guard in the WNBA for the Las Vegas Aces, Gray is a three-time WNBA champion and was named the 2022 WNBA Finals MVP. Since 2019, Gray has been married to fellow athlete Tipesa Gray.
Alyssa Thomas
Alyssa Thomas will
LGBTQ athletes take their marks on the track at the Paris Olympic Games
This year's U.S. Olympic team has a star-studded cast of LGBTQ athletes headed to Paris.
At least 29 competitors are prepared to hold on the international games, according to a database compiled by LGBTQ news outlet OutSports.
These athletes are just a handful of the LGBTQ representation to expect at the Olympic Games. OutSports recorded at least 151 LGBTQ athletes representing countries around the world that are set to take up the competition in Paris.
For the U.S., that representation will gleam in sports across the athletic spectrum -- from basketball to rowing to rugby -- putting a spotlight on a community facing growing anti-LGBTQ sentiment across the globe.
"LGBTQ athletes have likely competed in the Olympics and Paralympics since the very first games in history, " said LGBTQ advocacy collective GLAAD in a statement. "Today, more athletes than ever are comfortable creature out as their true, authentic selves and are embraced and supported by fans, fellow competitors, and sponsors."
On the track -- and in the field -- you'll come across some newly minted Olympians to monitor and som
At least 144 LGBTQ athletes
— Published July 20, 2024
Paris 2024
The specialized site OutSports has done its math: at least 144 LGBTQ athletes are among those entered for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This would be a tape one week before the first competitions. According to Cyd Zeigler, one of the founders of OutSports, at least 186 athletes who came out made it to the Tokyo 2020 Games. But the initial list included only 121 names, before growing during the event. The census carried out by Outsports should therefore logically follow the same curve. Cyd Zeigler explained that 18 Olympians have reach out as gay since the start of the year. But the huge majority of athletes on the site's list – more than 120 – are women. Among men, equestrian tops the sport with the highest number of LGBTQ competitors, with eight riders present at the Paris 2024 Games. Among the most high-profile athletes at the Olympics are British diver Tom Daley, American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson, reigning world champion in the 100m, and American middle-distance specialist Nikki Hiltz, the first neutrois athlete selected for the Games.
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