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Team LGBT results from the Rio 2016 Olympics
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August 17, 2021
LGBT Paralympians welcome increased visibility
"We're disabled and we're gay," says Abby Dunkin of the gold medal women's wheelchair basketball team.
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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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November 6, 2019
Bisexual Olympic gold medal boxer Nicola Adams retires
The first woman to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the ring steps down due to irreversible eye damage.
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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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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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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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January 9, 2017
Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya marries her girlfriend
The South African gets wed on her 26th birthday
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December 15, 2016
Outsports Female Athlete of the Year: Boxer Nicola Adams
The British boxer successfully defended her Olympic gold medal.
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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 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
Tom Daley finishes first in 10-meter diving prelim
Tom Daley won the 10-meter diving preliminary round in the Rio Olympics. Now he has the semifinals and finals on Saturday for a gold.
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August 19, 2016
Over a dozen LGBTI athletes barely miss Rio medal
About a dozen LGBTI Olympians have barely missed out on an Olympic medal in Rio finishing in the top 10, some of them finishing fourth.
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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.
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August 18, 2016
Rio Games are the gayest Olympics ever
There are been many highlights and a record number of LGB athletes, but mission far from accomplished.
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August 16, 2016
NBC profiles married gay beach volleyball player
Liliane Maestrini and Larissa Franca get the "up close and personal" treatment.
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August 16, 2016
Swimmer dedicates Olympic medal to her girlfriend
Italian swimmer Rachele Bruni dedicated her silver 10km medal to several people, including her 'beloved.'
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August 14, 2016
Dutee Chand's 100m says a lot about Caster Semenya
There are two reportedly intersex athletes at the Olympics. While many people claim to be concerned about Caster Semenya's excellence, Dutee Chand's ho-hum performance speaks volumes too.
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August 12, 2016
Race walker Tom Bosworth 6th in Olympics 20K
The British athlete led at the halfway mark.
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August 12, 2016
Flashback: Sweden beat USWNT at the Olympics in the 2016 battle of lesbian coaches
The United States and coach Jill Ellis lost in the quarterfinals for the first time ever in Olympic history. The USWNT will not win a medal.
