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Meet Australia's first out Olympian
#25re: Meet Australia's first out Olympian
Posted: 5/31/08 at 9:30pm
It certainly is, Jakebloke 
Seriously, the first? I can't believe that! Does Ian Thorpe count? LOL
But, despite the fact I'm a bit incredulous that he's the first openly gay Australian Olympian, I really feel solidarity with him, and proud of him for his decision to be honest and open. Australia is more conservative than people think, so it's not that easy...
Now, if only more could follow suit...
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#26re: Meet Australia's first out Olympian
Posted: 5/31/08 at 9:37pm
"Now, if only more could follow suit..."
Absolutely! And I think it would be lovely if it started with Ian 
But, that's just one of my (many) daydreams . . .
#27re: Meet Australia's first out Olympian
Posted: 5/31/08 at 9:49pmWell, if I had a dollar for every rumour I'd heard...
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#28re: Meet Australia's first out Olympian
Posted: 5/31/08 at 9:53pm
Doxy - I don't like rumors. I think you should go and find out for sure, and then report back 
#29re: Meet Australia's first out Olympian
Posted: 5/31/08 at 10:24pm
Did Greg Louganis not go to the Olympics? I don't remember.
Anyhoo - love the aussie.
....but the world goes 'round
#30re: Meet Australia's first out Olympian
Posted: 6/1/08 at 1:29amHe did, taz, but he wasn't out then. He didn't officially come out until he'd been diagnosed with AIDS. That was in 1995, I think.
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
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Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#31re: Meet Australia's first out Olympian
Posted: 6/1/08 at 1:56amAnd Greg is not Australian.
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
#32re: Meet Australia's first out Olympian
Posted: 6/3/08 at 4:35am
Actually he's one of three, so I just read...
But he's the hottest one, so I guess that counts for something!
Another article, but this lists 2 other out athletes going to Beijing
#33re: Meet Australia's first out Olympian
Posted: 6/3/08 at 5:08amUnfort. I have it first hand that Ian Thorpe ain't gay. Even if he did have his own range of pearl necklaces at one point.
#34re: Meet Australia's first out Olympian
Posted: 6/3/08 at 6:53am
Thorpe...his nickname is 'The Thorpedo', right?
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Updated On: 6/3/08 at 06:53 AM
#35re: Meet Australia's first out Olympian
Posted: 6/3/08 at 7:25am
Right. I can't find an image of his necklace, only his pearl fascinator...
Updated On: 6/3/08 at 07:25 AM
#36re: Meet Australia's first out Olympian
Posted: 6/3/08 at 7:54amStill don't believe it, Mangel, I just can't...
#37re: Meet Australia's first out Olympian
Posted: 6/3/08 at 8:14am
He is just adorable. And he has PERFECT form.
Anyone know the status of the efforts to raise money for his lover to go to the Olympics with him?
Greg Louganis came out at the opening ceremonies for the 1994 Gay Games at Yankee Stadium. Although everyone knew he was gay for years, it was a big deal in 1994 for a celebrity to publicly acknowledge he was gay.
And for Greg to do that at the opening ceremonies was a huge thrill and an incredible boost to all the gay and lesbian athletes who were performing.
A years later he came out as HIV positive, one of the first openly gay celebrities to acknowledge that publicly.
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