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Gay diver Tom Daley chosen as Great Britain’s flagbearer at opening ceremony of Paris Olympics

Graham Robson July 25, 2024

Gay diver Tom Daley has been chosen as one of Great Britain’s flagbearers at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Friday. Four-time Olympic medallist Daley, 30, said “I am extremely proud. Being able to be flagbearer at the opening ceremony is a dream come true,” Daley told BBC Sport. Daley is […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Tom Daley the latest athlete to put Paris Olympics’ ‘anti-sex beds’ to the test!

Graham Robson July 23, 2024

Team GB diving icon Tom Daley is the latest athlete to put the Paris Olympic Village‘s ‘anti-sex beds’ to the test after he gave fans a glimpse inside his bedroom in the Olympic Village on Monday, July 22 ahead of Paris 2024. One of the big talking points among athletes before this summer’s Games has […]

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Sport

At least 144 ‘out’ athletes to compete at Paris Olympics

Graham Robson July 21, 2024

At least 144 publicly ‘out’ LGBTQ+ athletes will be in Paris for the 2024 Olympics, according to Outsports, the LGBTQ+ sports site. According to Outsports, the “numbers reflect growing acceptance in the sports world, especially for women athletes, despite the total of out LGBTQ+ Olympians still hovering at less than 2% of the expected overall […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Tom Daley condemns ‘Commonwealth homophobia’ ahead of Commonwealth Games

Graham Robson July 25, 2022

LGBTQ+ people from across the Commonwealth will protest at 1pm on Thursday 28 July at Aston Hall in Birmingham (B6 6JD), as the baton arrives for the start of the Commonwealth Games. They will protest again the same day at 5pm at the main entrance to Alexander Stadium.

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In The South

OPINION: Craig’s Thoughts – why are we so nasty to each other?

Craig Hanlon-Smith March 25, 2018

Russell Tovey announces his marriage and receives almost no Tom Daley-style vitriol from the gay community. It couldn’t be because we would all serious make a play for his rugby playing beau Steve Brockman, could it? 

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In The South

‘Out to swim’ swimmers win national medals

Besi Besemar September 29, 2017

Ten Out to Swim swimmers competed in what is known as the UK Gay Games – GLLAM (Gay & Lesbian London Aquatics Meet) at the London Olympic Swimming Pool on September 9. Teams from all over the UK took part plus teams from Paris, Lisbon, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Berlin.

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Features

OPINION: The Gays of Twitter Strike Again

Tommy The Queer Historian March 23, 2016

It’s the day after the academy awards and amongst the news that Leonardo DiCaprio had finally won the best actor Oscar, bleating, shady comments and pitchforks in hand were to be seen on Twitter as the gay community were up in arms.

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