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Tom Daley Says He Will Fight for Olympic Ban on Anti-LGBTQ+ Countries

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Attitude Sport Award on Thursday, U.K. Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley called out the countries that participate in the Olympics that still persecute LGBTQ+ people.Daley said that even with so many out athletes at the recent Tokyo Olympic Games, more can be done for athletes from countries with poor LGBTQ+ rights records.“These past Olympic Games there were more out LGBT athletes than at any of the previous Olympics combined, which is a great step forward," Daley said in his acceptance speech. "Yet there are still 10 countries that punish being gay with death that were still allowed to compete at the Olympic Games."“It’s all well and good speaking about those things but I think it’s really important to try and create change rather than just.

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