{"id":63936,"date":"2018-02-09T12:10:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T17:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/meet-the-openly-lgbtq-athletes-competing-at-the-winter-olympics\/"},"modified":"2018-02-09T12:10:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T17:10:33","slug":"meet-the-openly-lgbtq-athletes-competing-at-the-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/meet-the-openly-lgbtq-athletes-competing-at-the-winter-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Openly LGBTQ Athletes Competing at the Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Meet the Openly LGBTQ Athletes Competing at the Winter Olympics<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/assets2.hrc.org\/images\/made\/images\/remote\/https_assets2.hrc.org\/files\/images\/blog\/Athletes-WinterOlympics2018-1600x900_640_360.png\"><\/p>\n<p>More than 10 LGBTQ athletes from around the globe are in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyeongchang2018.com\/en\/index\" target=\"_blank\">Pyeongchang<\/a> to compete in the Winter Olympics, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsports.com\/2018\/2\/6\/16924846\/2018-winter-olympics-pyeongchang-out-gay-lesbian-bisexual-athletes\" target=\"_blank\">most ever<\/a> to participate in the Winter Games.<\/p>\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/team-lgbt-seven-openly-gay-olympians-to-compete-at-sochi\" target=\"_blank\">2014 games<\/a> in Sochi, seven openly LGBTQ athletes competed, all of whom were <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/tbt-lgbtq-rights-in-the-spotlight-at-sochi-olympic-games\" target=\"_blank\">Russia\u2019s harsh anti-LGBTQ agenda<\/a> made public expression of support for the LGBTQ community a risk for both Olympic athletes and attendees.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, while there are many talented and successful transgender athletes around the globe, there are no openly transgender athletes competing in the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. The same was true at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/openly-transgender-athletes-notably-absent-from-olympic-roster\" target=\"_blank\">the 2016 Rio Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-LGBTQ Mike Pence led the U.S. delegation at today\u2019s opening ceremony. Two openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> U.S. Olympians, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2018\/02\/06\/gay-olympian-gus-kenworthy-anti-lgbt-vp-mike-pence-is-bad-fit-to-lead-winter-olympics-delegation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gus Kenworthy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/columnist\/brennan\/2018\/02\/07\/2018-winter-olympics-vice-president-mike-pence-adam-rippon-south-korea-gay-rights\/314167002\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Rippon<\/a>, have been critical of Pence\u2019s role.<\/p>\n<p>These openly LGBTQ Olympic athletes are trailblazers for visibility in their sport and around the world.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/guskenworthy\" target=\"_blank\">Gus Kenworthy<\/a> is representing the U.S. in his second Olympics, but his first as an openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> athlete. The slopestyle skier, who came out in 2015, struggled with Russia\u2019s harsh anti-LGBTQ climate during the Sochi games. &#8220;I never got to be proud of what I did in Sochi because I felt so horrible about what I didn&#8217;t do,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/olympic-freeskier-comes-out-as-gay\" target=\"_blank\">Kenworthy said<\/a>. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to come out as the silver medalist from Sochi. I wanted to come out as the best freeskier in the world.&#8221; Kenworthy was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/gus-kenworthy-head-and-shoulders_us_5a651b11e4b0e5630070e356\" target=\"_blank\">recently featured in P&#038;G\u2019s \u201cShoulders of Greatness\u201d campaign<\/a>, waving a Pride flag in a national commercial. Procter &#038; Gamble is a leader in LGBTQ inclusion in the workplace, receiving a perfect 100 on HRC Foundation&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/campaigns\/corporate-equality-index\" target=\"_blank\">Corporate Equality Index<\/a>. Last year, Kenworthy was honored with the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Rfe9iZj-35A\" target=\"_blank\">HRC Visibility Award<\/a> at the HRC Utah Gala.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/adaripp\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Rippon<\/a> is the first openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> U.S. American <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a> figure skater to compete in the Winter Olympics. From a small town in Pennsylvania, Rippon has grown to use his national platform for speaking out for LGBTQ issues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamusa.org\/News\/2017\/June\/29\/Adam-Rippon-When-I-Came-Out-Is-When-I-Started-To-Own-Who-I-Am-As-A-Person\" target=\"_blank\">since coming out<\/a> in late 2015. \u201cWhen I was young and still in the closet, I read a lot of articles about other people and their coming out stories and I watched YouTube <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">videos<\/a> on other people sharing their stories,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/adam-rippon-makes-history-becomes-first-openly-gay-us-olympic-skater\" target=\"_blank\">Rippon said in an exclusive interview with HRC&#8217;s Mark Lee<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s really what made me feel okay to be myself.\u201d Pioneering U.S. figure skaters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/johnny-weir-lgbt-athletes-olympics_us_5a60e826e4b05085db607b01\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny Weir<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/01\/02\/brian-boitano-coming-out-details-_n_4532022.html\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Boitano<\/a> came out after their Olympic careers had ended.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamusa.org\/us-speedskating\/athletes\/Brittany-Bowe\" target=\"_blank\">Brittany Bowe<\/a> is representing the U.S. in speed skating at her second Olympics, but her first as an out athlete. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/news\/who-brittany-bowe\" target=\"_blank\">Bowe is currently dating Dutch speedskater Manon Kamminga<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s nice being with somebody that has the same passion, same drive, same goals,\u201d Bowe said of Kamminga. \u201cIt\u2019s obviously difficult living on different sides of the world. But we\u2019re both focused on our goal.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/daniexirax\" target=\"_blank\">Daniela Iraschko-Stolz<\/a> is competing for Austria in her second Olympics. Iraschko-Stolz, who won silver in Sochi, married her partner Isabel in 2013 and came out publicly before the 2014 Olympic Games. \u201cI don\u2019t want to hide myself,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/uk-olympics-skijumping-iraschko\/ski-jumping-austrias-iraschko-dreams-of-olympic-flight-idUKBREA0S0MA20140129\" target=\"_blank\">Iraschko-Stolz said<\/a>. \u201cI never cared at all what other people think about me.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Canadian pairs figure skater <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/rad85e\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Radford<\/a> is participating in his second Olympic games, but his first as an openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> athlete. Radford, who with his skating partner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mhjd_85\" target=\"_blank\">Meagan Duhamel<\/a> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsports.com\/2018\/1\/15\/16892134\/winter-olympics-eric-raford-skating-gay\" target=\"_blank\">two-time world champion<\/a>, came out in late 2014 &#8212; becoming the first international-level figure skater to come out publicly while still competing. Radford\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BVKq3rEA3mj\/\" target=\"_blank\">fianc\u00e9<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/lfeneropodium\" target=\"_blank\">Luis Fenero<\/a>, a competitive ice dancer, will likely also be in South Korea as a spectator.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/cherylmaas\" target=\"_blank\">Cheryl Maas<\/a> is competing in halfpipe snowboarding, representing the Netherlands in her third Olympics. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autostraddle.com\/playing-for-our-team-the-7-out-gay-olympians-at-sochi-222455\/\" target=\"_blank\">two-time world champion<\/a> is married to former snowboarder Stine Brun Kjedlaas. The <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> have two children together.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ireenw\" target=\"_blank\">Ireen W\u00fcst<\/a> is a contender to medal in long track speed skating at Pyeongchang, her fourth Olympic games. Previously, the openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexual<\/a> skater competed and medaled at Turin, Vancouver and Sochi. Her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newnownext.com\/gay-women-olympics-winter-games-2018\/01\/2018\/\" target=\"_blank\">partner<\/a>, Letitia de Jong, is also a competitive speed skater.<\/li>\n<li>Ice hockey player <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emiliaandersson?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Emilia Andersson Ramboldt<\/a> is representing Sweden in Pyeongchang, her second Olympics. Ramboldt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aftonbladet.se\/sportbladet\/article20964954.ab\" target=\"_blank\">married her wife<\/a>, Anna Ramboldt, in 2015.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyeongchang2018.com\/en\/game-time\/results\/OWG2018\/en\/figure-skating\/athlete-profile-n3026993-jorik-hendrickx.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Jorik Hendrickx<\/a>, a two-time national champion, is representing Belgium in figure skating. Pyeongchang is his second Olympics, but his first as an openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> athlete. Hendrickx came out publicly <a href=\"https:\/\/zizo-online.be\/article\/12733\" target=\"_blank\">last month<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonameiler?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Simona Meiler<\/a> is representing Switzerland in snowboarding, making Pyeongchang her third Olympics. Meiler is a fierce advocate for LGBTQ equality. \u201cAs an athlete but also as a human being, I think we need to stop any kind of discrimination in order to unleash our full potential,\u201d Meiler said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/discrimination_swiss-tackle-homophobia-in-sport\/37924974\" target=\"_blank\">in an interview before the 2014 Sochi Games<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sarkasnow\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Sarka Pancochova<\/a>, another openly LGBTQ snowboarder, is representing the Czech Republic at her third Olympic games &#8211; but her first as an out athlete. \u00a0In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsports.com\/2017\/3\/13\/14890712\/sarka-pancochova-lgbt-snowboarder-olympics\" target=\"_blank\">an interview with <em>Outsports<\/em><\/a>, Pancochova said she is \u201cstoked\u201d to come out and not have to hide her truth any longer.<\/li>\n<li>Out athlete <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jezersekbarbara\" target=\"_blank\">Barbara Jezer\u0161ek<\/a> is representing Australia in her third Olympics competing in cross-country skiing \u2014 but her first under the Australian flag. Jezer\u0161ek competed at the Vancouver and Sochi games for her native Slovenia but became an Australian citizen after <a href=\"http:\/\/corporate.olympics.com.au\/news\/jezer-ek-receives-citizenship-and-looks-towards-pyeongchang\" target=\"_blank\">moving to the country<\/a> in 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a> snowboarder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/bellebrockhoff\">Belle Brockhoff<\/a> is also be competing for Team Australia. Before she even officially qualified, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campaignbrief.com\/2018\/01\/bridgestone-shares-the-pyeongc.html\">outlets<\/a> were calling Brockhoff a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.owia.org\/belle-brockhoff.html\">major contender<\/a>\u201d in snowboard cross in Pyeongchang. Brockhoff came out ahead of the 2014 Sochi Olympics, her first Olympics, in part because of Russia\u2019s harsh anti-LGBTQ laws. &#8220;I want to be proud of who I am and be proud of all the work I&#8217;ve done to get into the Olympics and not have to deal with this law,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.out.com\/entertainment\/sports\/2013\/08\/22\/australian-olympic-hopeful-belle-brockhoff-comes-out-ahead-sochi\" target=\"_blank\">Brockhoff said<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>While openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> pairs skater <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsports.com\/2018\/1\/17\/16885666\/timothy-leduc-gay-figure-skater-olympics\" target=\"_blank\">Tim LeDuc<\/a> did not qualify for the U.S. Olympic team, he and skating partner Ashley Cain are alternates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>HRC wishes these brave athletes the best of luck in South Korea<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/Pyeongchang2018.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Pyeongchang2018.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/TeamUSA.org\" class=\"autohyperlink\">TeamUSA.org<\/a>, @Headshoulders, Wikimedia Austria, Wikimedia Commons. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more information on openly LGBTQ Olympians, visit <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsports.com\/2018\/2\/6\/16924846\/2018-winter-olympics-pyeongchang-out-gay-lesbian-bisexual-athletes\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Outsports.com<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/meet-the-openly-lgbtq-athletes-competing-at-the-winter-olympics?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.hrc.org\/blog\/meet-the-openly-lgbtq-athletes-competing-at-the-winter-olympics?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the Openly LGBTQ Athletes Competing at the Winter Olympics More than 10 LGBTQ athletes from around the globe are in Pyeongchang to compete in the Winter Olympics, the most ever to participate in the Winter Games. 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