Tag: Olympic

Gay British track and field athlete Tom Bosworth proposed to his boyfriend Harry Dineley while in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics. Bosworth, a race walker for Team GB (as in Great Britain), shared the above photo on Twitter of him down on one knee with ring box in hand. Bosworth captioned the photo simply, “He said YES!!!” Bosworth had a strong showing at the Rio Olympics last week,finishing 6th in the 20K race walking event–impressive considering he was ranked 37th...

A record 43 LGBT athletes are competing in the Rio Olympics games this summer, but some of those Olympians have already become the targets of homophobic slurs from the crowds, reports the LA Times. The homophobic insults were heard coming from the stands of Estadio Mineirao on Wednesday when women’s soccer players took the field. The L.A. Times reported that people in the stands hurled the anti-gay term, “bicha” -a Portuguese word similar to ‘faggot’ at women on the field. Think Progress...

Buzzfeed, we salute you. The intrepid editorial staff spent hours ogling and screen-grabbing footage of men’s Olympic diving competitions — and all to emphasize a highly pertinent point: Namely, that those scoreboard tickers at the bottom of the screen often make these athletes look, well, like adult film superstars. Finally, a publication with the courage to say what the rest of us are thinking. Okay, maybe it’s not particularly heavy-hitting. In fact, it might not even be a particularly astute observation. But...

14 August is the day for all nephews and nieces to show their #GayUnclesDay appreciation…. apparently It perhaps shouldn’t be taken entirely seriously, but an internet hashtag campaign has begun trending to make #GayUnclesDay a thing. The day in question is Sunday 14 August. Given that every day of the year has now been earmarked as some sort of celebration, we don’t see why a Gay Uncles Day should be dismissed outright. After all, it beats ‘Thrift Store Day’ and ‘Mail Order Catalog...

OK, so we can’t stop fawning over Amini Fonua. The openly gay, 26-year-old Tongan competitive swimmer is our Olympic crush of the moment. He competed on Saturday in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke. And while he may not have won any medals this time around, he did win our hearts. At 6’0 and 174-pounds with sparkling green eyes, a full head of wavy brown hair and buttery olive complexion, Amini is one tall, lean drink of water. But don’t just take our word for it....

Say hello to Robbie Manson. The 26-year-old out rower from New Zealand has been in Rio completing in the Olympics alongside his fellow stroke man, Christopher Harris. https://www.instagram.com/p/BGw_ZFUrzbN/ The guys were off to a flying start, winning their first heat on Saturday and advancing to the semifinals. An overnight storm created some choppy waters, however, and ultimately the fellas came in fourth in the semifinals, which means they’re officially out of the games. Whomp, whomp. https://www.instagram.com/p/BIgSN_YDO7X/ The defeat was no doubt crushing for our guy Manson. So...

A photo has emerged of two men kissing while completing the Olympic torch relay for Rio 2016. The un-named couple were two of many to make an epic journey across Brasil for the 2016 games. And amid the chaos of the relay, they stopped to have a kiss. Published on goqueer, the photob by Pedro Veríssimo shows an intimate moment amid the crush of the run. Also carrying the torch was trans woman Laerte Countinho, who was believed to be the only trans person in...

"I'm gay." It's the simplest and often hardest way to come out. No preamble, no build up - straight to the point. It's also how Olympic medal winning free-skier Gus Kenworthy came out on Twitter on Thursday morning.   svt.se He also attached a photo of himself on the cover of ESPN Magazine, where he discusses coming out in more detail. His frank interview covers familiar territory for many gay men. When things were at their worst for him, Kenworth confides that he...