Spotlight on Openly Gay Olympian Mark Tewksbury

During Mark Tewksbury’s swimming analysis on Saturday night, CBC host Ron MacLean raised the subject of Tewksbury’s homosexuality.

Tewksbury came out after Barcelona in 1992, where he won a gold medal in the 100-metre backstroke, and he is openly gay.

Still, the subject seemed unrelated to the discussion of swimming, although, MacLean, by referencing Tewksbury’s book Inside Out: Straight Talk From A Gay Jock, was attempting to link acceptance from a coach, in Tewksbury’s case Debbie Muir, to success.

Olympic Fencer Speaks “OUT” on Human Rights

German fencing champion Imke Duplitzer is one of the 10 out athletes in Beijing,  She may have missed a gold medal yesterday in women’s individual épée, but she should get a diamond-studded platinum medal for speaking out on human rights. Gorgeous gutsy Imke is right in the middle of that firestorm in China, around the PRC’s human-rights policy. As far as I know, she is the only one of our 10 who has spoken up.

Read the rest at bilerico.com.

Number of Openly Gay Olympians Drops to 5

The number of openly gay and lesbian Olympians in 2008 has dropped to five, from 11 in Athens in 2004 and seven in Sydney in 2000. Australian diver Matthew Mitcham, is the only male who is openly gay.

You can read about all 5 openly gay Olympic athletes at outsports.com.

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