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2016 Rio Summer Olympics
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July 24, 2020
Gay Olympic rower aims to fight injustice: ‘Sport is a vehicle to shine a light’
Emma Twigg of New Zealand says her sexuality has never been a focus of her rowing career but now she’s ready to advocate for LGBT athletes.
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July 11, 2020
Olympian swimmer Martha McCabe comes out to encourage other women to follow in her lane
"I want to be an example to young female swimmers and help ones who are struggling with this, so they can see it’s normal," Martha McCabe told the CBC.
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December 30, 2019
Married lesbian Olympic champions call out J.K. Rowling’s views on the trans community
British gold medalists Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh express disappointment with one of their country’s most well-known authors.
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October 11, 2019
Olympic champion Kerron Clement comes out on National Coming Out Day
Kerron Clement was celebrating Nike’s contribution to a new rainbow track in L.A. when he talked publicly for the first time about being gay.
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July 11, 2019
Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black show support for the trans community
The world champion diver and Oscar-winning screenwriter fight back against anti-trans tweets by Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies.
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May 1, 2019
Court’s ruling tells us women’s sports are no longer for all women
The fear of some athletes’ success in women’s sports continues to plague intersex and trans athletes.
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March 13, 2019
IOC to fund research of transgender athletes
The International Olympic Committee is calling for researchers to apply for funding of "athlete-centered projects" including trans athletes
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March 8, 2019
British Olympian with gay dad retires to become an ally to LGBTQ athletes
Saying "cycling has been very good to me," Callum Skinner is devoting his time to supporting LGBTQ rights
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April 3, 2018
This gay Olympic diver will never surrender to fear
Venezuela’s Robert Páez wants to inspire every gay man or woman to find their own acceptance.
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October 11, 2017
Olympic silver medalists are teammates and a couple
Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter are a same-sex couple who won silver together in Rio.
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July 9, 2017
Paralympic medalist from Singapore comes out as gay
Theresa Goh won a bronze medal in Rio.
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March 21, 2017
Nico Hines offers an academic ‘apology’ for outing Olympians, seven months too late
A delayed apology without empathy is little more than a press release.
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January 25, 2017
5 months later, still silence from Nico Hines, Daily Beast on outing gay athletes
The writer hasn’t been heard from since August.
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December 16, 2016
Outsports Assholes of the Year: Nico Hines and The Daily Beast editors
Still no apology from the writer for outing gay Olympians.
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October 27, 2016
Daily Beast, Nico Hines still silent on outing gay Olympians 11 weeks later
The website shows a lack of transparency and accountability as 7 unanswered emails show.
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August 31, 2016
Still no apology from writer on gay Olympics story
The website said it will "do better," but it's been silent since the controversy erupted.
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August 30, 2016
Determining if an LGBT athlete is 'publicly out'
The Olympics showed that it's not always easy to determine 'outness' in the era of social media.
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August 23, 2016
Podcast: The gayest Olympics ever
The Games had a record 53 LGBT athletes, which made them compelling.
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August 22, 2016
Team LGBT medal count beats every anti-gay country
Not even the anti-gay country of Jamaica, with its 11 medals, could come close to the performance of publicly out gay, lesbian and bisexual athletes at the Rio Olympics.
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August 22, 2016
J.K. Rowling defends gay diver from Twitter troll
The "Harry Potter" author won't accept homophobia.
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August 22, 2016
Gay Aussie Olympian was out and proud in Rio
"I hope that being true to myself will help other athletes be true," says soccer player Michelle Heyman.
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August 20, 2016
U.S. women, with 4 out players, win gold
It's the sixth gold medal in a row for the women.
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August 20, 2016
Out bisexual boxer wins Olympic boxing gold
She becomes a repeat gold medalist after winning in London.
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August 19, 2016
3 brothers on Olympic relay team
We won't waffle when it comes to looking at these Belgian runners.
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August 19, 2016
NBC treads carefully when discussing Semenya
The announcers literally read from a script about the 800-meter runner.
