Gay olympians

[a] According to Outsports, there were at least out athletes (including those who debuted earlier) at the Summer. Skip to Content. There’s also a number of firsts when it comes to LGBTQ representation this year: Kayla Miracle is the first out LGBTQ Olympic. For more from NBC Out, sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Thanks to these prominent athletes who are gay, the sports world is becoming more and more accepting of homosexual players. This surpasses the record-setting Tokyo Olympics, held in the summer of , where there were at least out competitors. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

IE 11 is not supported. Profile My News Sign Out. Sign In Create your free profile. Lesbians and other queer women represent more than half of at least two teams: the U. At the U. In a post-race interview with NBC Sports , Hiltz, 29, said the race had significance beyond setting the meet record.

Sections U. Follow NBC News. The vast majority of athletes on the list of queer Olympians, approximately , are women. Whether these famous Olympians, tennis greats, and basketball players came out after they retired, or revealed their sexuality during their sports careers, they’ve paved the.

Search Search. This year, a record 20 male athletes participating in the summer Olympics are publicly out. However, he noted, the elimination of softball as an Olympic sport, a sport that had eight LGBTQ women at the Tokyo Games, for example, has had an effect on the numbers.

NBC News Logo. Latest Stories U. By Isabel Yip. Hiltz will be one of at least three nonbinary athletes participating in Paris, according to Zeigler. List of LGBTQ Summer Olympians (–present)There are 83 [a] modern Summer Olympic athletes, who made their Olympic debut in and have identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, non-binary, queer, or have openly been in a same-sex relationship.

A record-setting out LGBTQ+ athletes participated in the Tokyo Summer Olympics in , and this year there’s at least competing. Team LGBTQ at the Paris Summer Games This Olympics database includes profiles of the out gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and nonbinary Olympians.

I could just feel the love and support. At least 29 openly LGBTQ+ athletes are on Team USA’s Olympic roster this year, with most either playing basketball or rowing.