“Four athletes is actually a record number,” said Hudson Taylor, executive director of Athlete Ally. “It was important for me to show in-the-closet gays and lesbians that they’re supported and loved all over the world.”īucsis and Brockhoff join New Zealand speedskater Blake Skjellerup and American figure skater Johnny Weir as the only Olympic-calibre winter sports athletes in the world who publicly identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual, according to Athletes Ally. “One of the reasons I came out was because I wanted people to find inspiration in me coming out globally,” she said.
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