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LGBT History Month: 5 True Gay Love Stories For The Ages

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Our love is history. From: NewNowNext  October is LGBT history month, and while there is increasing awareness about historical figures like Harvey Milk and Alan Turing, stories of great gay loves are still in short supply. To help remind us that queer love has always been with us, we celebrate five gay love stories for the ages.  Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum were Egyptian servants found buried together in the tomb of King Unas. Their bodies were intertwined and their faces were nose-to-nose—funereal gestures usually reserved for married couples. The two, who lived around 2400 B.C. in the ancient city of Saqqara, were manicurists to the royal court and among the few people allowed to touch the pharaoh. Their tomb was uncovered in 1964, and early reports referred to them as brothers or “twins.” But by the late ’90s egyptologist Greg Reeder was convinced they were a romantic couple. Niankhkhnum’s wife was depicted sitting behind him in a banquet scene in the tomb...

More Than A Third Of LGBTI Athletes Won Medals In Rio

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That's more than Team USA From: NewNowNext  35 percent of the record-breaking 53 out athletes competing in the 2016 Rio Olympics took home medals, either solo or in a group. This in comparison to leading Olympic contenders the United States, Great Britain and China, who saw roughly 20 percent of their athletes take home medals. If all the openly LGBTI athletes were consolidated onto one team, their five gold medals, six silver medals and three bronze medals would have placed them in 16th overall, ahead of countries like New Zealand, Canada and Kenya. Though the 2016 Games were not without their controversy, including journalists outing athletes and fans shouting homophobic chants at players, they also saw empowering coming out moments, joyful proclamations of same-sex love and plenty of proudly out athletes taking to the Olympic podiums. Here’s hoping the 2020 Games in Tokyo will be even gayer!   Gold Medals: Nicola Adams   Great Britain Boxing  51kg weight class   Kate Richardson-...

Team LGBT's Olympic medal count beat every country that criminalizes gay sex

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Not even the anti-gay country of Jamaica, with its 11 medals, could come close to the performance of publicly out gay, lesbian and bisexual athletes at the Rio Olympics. From: OutSports The publicly out gay, lesbian and bisexual Olympic athletes in Rio outperformed expectations, with 25 of the 53 publicly out athletes winning medals. All told they accounted for 14 medals, when you combine multiple athletes on single teams (e.g., four out women played on the gold-medal-winning Team USA basketball team). Those 14 medals beat every single country that criminalizes sex between people of the same gender. Jamaica, with 11 medals, was the closest such nation to catching Team LGBT. Most countries that criminalize gay sex fared very poorly in the Olympics. Iran, for example, won only eight medals; While 47% of the out LGBT athletes won medals, only 13% of Iranian athletes won medals. Various notoriously anti-gay nations won zero medals, including Libya, Sudan and Uganda. The LGBT athletes from ...

A record 53 out LGBT athletes competes at the Rio Olympics

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The Rio Olympics had 53 publicly out LGBT athletes, the most ever for an Olympics. From: OutSports The  2016 Summer Olympics in Rio had a record number of publicly out lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender athletes. Outsports and Olympic and LGBT historian Tony Scupham-Bilton have identified at least 53 out athletes who are competing, as well as three coaches. There were 42 lesbian or bi women, 11 gay men and no out transgender Olympians. Several out athletes have also qualified for the Paralympics. There were a record 11 publicly out male athletes, though none are from the U.S. There is also one married couple, Helen Richardson-Walsh and Kate Richardson-Walsh, British field hockey players. There are no openly transgender athletes competing in Rio. As expected, the list grew, as more athletes were revealed to be out (our original list on July 11 had 27 names). This often occurs on team sports in Europe or in lesser-know sports where athletes are out but haven't gotten much public...

Rio Summer Games go down as the gayest Olympics ever

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There are been many highlights and a record number of LGB athletes, but mission far from accomplished. From: OutSports Tom Daley, left, won a diving bronze medal with Dan Goodfellow. Clive Rose/Getty Images  As the the Games wind down this weekend, the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics will go down as the gayest in history, though there is still a lot of work to be done. There are a record 53 publicly out gay, lesbian and bisexual Olympians in Rio (there are no openly transgender athletes), which is more than double the number in London in 2012. There are 39 openly lesbian or bi female Olympians and 11 men, both records. Despite the high numbers compared to past Games, there are still far fewer open LGB athletes than one would assume given the total number of athletes competing. There are 11,5340 Olympians in Rio, so 53 out athletes is less than one-half of 1%. If 5% of the Olympians were gay, that would be 577 athletes, while 2% would be 230. Given these figures, it's obvious that many mor...

THIS WEEK IN LGBT HISTORY :: 1984 - Greg Louganis Wins First Olympic Gold Medal

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From: Wicked Gay On  August 8, 1984, Greg Louganis won gold in the men's 3-meter springboard. A few days later, he also won gold for the 10-meter platform. He is the only make diver to ever sweep both of these events for gold in the Olympics. He did it again in 1988 in Seoul. Louganis did not speak openly about being gay and HIV-positive until a 1995 interview with Oprah Winfrey. Recently, thousands of Greg's friends, fans, and supporters started an online petition to get Greg on a box of Wheaties. Dozens of Olympians have been given this honor over the last few decades, and as a diver who took home gold medals and even set an Olympic record, Louganis seemed more than worthy himself. Yet, he was never put on a Wheaties box during the height of his diving career in the ‘80s. Many speculated that the reason he wasn’t considered was the fact that he is a gay man.  Now, however, Louganis graces the front of the coveted cereal box as a part of Wheaties’ revamped “legends” series. He...