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Openly gay former Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe has joined several other public figures to appear in a video criticising the Australian Government’s current Religious Discrimination Bill. The financed political group that has morphed from pushing marriage equality during that debate to one that inserts themselves into any equality debate, Equality Australia, has released the video
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Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe has condemned Australia’s lack of same-sex marriage. The openly gay, gold medal-winning icon has called on his home country’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his Liberal party to approve of marriage equality, an issue that’s been heavily debated this year. Ian made the comments during an appearance on the Morning Show – his first television interview with partner Ryan Channing – on Tuesday, where he called the government’s plebiscite a “stalling tactic”. “We don’t have the right to...
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The Olympic legend came out in 2014 Ian Thorpe has admitted that he wishes he had come out earlier in his career. The record-breaking swimmer came out in an interview with Parkinson back in 2014, but he spent the majority of his celebrated career in the closet. Opening up during an appearance on Anh’s Brush With Fame, Ian revealed what made him keep his sexuality private for so long. He said: “I wish I had come out earlier. You know I was ...
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The Olympic gold medallist and boyfriend Ryan Channing are campaigning for marriage equality in Australia. Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe has spoken out about the homophobic bullying that left him afraid to be open with his sexual identity as a teenager. The five-time gold medallist made the comments on Tuesday (November 15) at a pro-equal marriage event in Sydney Australia, news.com.au reports. Speaking at Twitter’s offices in Sydney, he said: “When I was about 16 I was accused of being gay and because...

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