How many olympic athletes are gay

There are 83 [a] modern Summer Olympic athletes, who made their Olympic debut in and have identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, non-binary, queer, or have openly been in a same-sex relationship.

Gay athletes

There are athletes publicly saying they are gay, lesbian, how, transgender, queer and nonbinary who are participating in the Games, according to Outsports, an organization that compiles a database of openly queer Olympians. The vast majority of the athletes are women. At least 29 openly LGBTQ+ athletes are on Team USA’s Olympic roster this year, with most either playing basketball or rowing.

A record-setting out LGBTQ+ athletes participated in the Tokyo Summer Olympics inand this year there’s at least competing. The Summer Olympics in Paris ended with a record out gay, lesbian, bi, trans, queer and nonbinary many competing, a final Outsports count shows. A record gay of athletes openly identifying as LGBTQ+ are competing in the Paris Olympics.

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