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The first Olympic Games in which an athlete now known to be LGBT+ competed was the 1900 Summer Olympics, also the first LGBT+ Olympic medalist and first contemporaneously out Olympian. [b] LGBT+ Olympians have contested events across over 60 sports, as well as several artistic events. The majority of LGBT+ Olympians are female.
Δ Was known to be widely out prior to their most recent Summer Olympic competition; contemporaneously out while competing † Came out after competing Tables are default sorted by first Games appearance chronologically, then current surname or common nickname alphabetically, then first name alphabetically.
Transgender [110] Balian Buschbaum: b. 1980 Germany: Track and field: Transgender [111] Ivan Bussens: 1960–2007 United Kingdom: Water polo: Gay [112] Jeffrey Buttle: b. 1982 Canada: Figure skating: Gay [113] Erin Burns: b. 1988 Australia: Cricket: Lesbian [114] Karin Büttner-Janz: b. 1952 Germany: Gymnastics: Lesbian [115] Emilie Bydwell: b ...
Competed at four Summer Olympics as an athlete, and as eventing manager in 2008; he was publicly out before the 2004 Games. [106] [74] Carole Thate Δ Netherlands: Hockey: 1992, 1996, 2000: Out by the 2000 Olympics, where she met her future wife, Australian opponent Alyson Annan. [97] [107] Anja Andersen Δ Denmark: Handball: 1996
As of 2018, there were estimated to be between 4.2 and 5 million LGBTQ people living in Thailand. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Thailand has long had a reputation of tolerance when it comes to LGBTQ people. However, the Bangkok Post noted in 2013 that "while Thailand is viewed as a tourist haven for same-sex couples, the reality for locals is that the law, and ...
Trans activist Blossom Brown suggested Thursday that the Olympics should "absolutely" be gender-neutral during an appearance on "Piers Morgan Uncensored."
Khelif also won her semifinal match, besting Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng in the women’s 66-kilogram division bout Tuesday to advance to Friday’s gold medal match.. Khelif and Lin have ...
There are 423 [a] modern Summer Olympic athletes who made their Olympic debut between the 2004 and 2020 Games, inclusive, who have identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, non-binary, queer, or who have openly been in a same-sex relationship, including one who has also competed at the Winter Olympic Games. [a]