It really is amazing how soon after one athlete comes out that being queer in sport just becomes... normal.

[andthisismrspeacock@mas.to]

It really is amazing how soon after one athlete comes out that being queer in sport just becomes... normal. So far in the #Olympics we have a #gay speed skater, a #bi freeskier, half a dozen out #lesbian hockey players, and those are just the ones I've heard them mention on NBC.

And of course, the man who made it all possible, Gus Kenworthy ️️‍. He doesn't go till next week sometime but it will be nice to see him in one last Olympics.

#Olympics2026 #MilanoCortina2026 #Skiing #LGBTQIA

[andthisismrspeacock@mas.to]

Will never not be my № 1 winter sports hero. I was in Miami Beach for a work thing and I'd skipped out on the afternoon session to go get some Cuban food at this pub I liked and when I saw this hit instagram I literally fell off my barstool. He was already a skier I watched closely because he's just so talented and then WHAAAAAAAAAA?!?!

#Gay #Skiing #LGBTQ

[sarae@ecoevo.social]

@andthisismrspeacock I can't even remember who it was but one of the biographical segments this week was like, this lady's married to another lady who's on the hockey team, and it was super matter of fact and also super cute

[andthisismrspeacock@mas.to]

@sarae And it's such a non-event that if you didn't happen to be watching it, nobody would notice I love this for us.

[andthisismrspeacock@mas.to]

@sarae Just like we all owe a debt to Ellen (whatever one may think of her as a person) for being the one who broke the TV barrier, and Melissa Etheridge for breaking the music barrier, our Gus broke the winter sports barrier at the height of his career and that made it so now you can just be queerballs in winter sports and nobody cares. ️‍🥰️

[andthisismrspeacock@mas.to]

@sarae I mentioned this at a party recently and I got a lot of blank stares when I said Melissa Etheridge was one of the queer trail blazers and I had to play this on the TV to be like, listen to this, this was top 40 music in your teenage world and how did you not notice it's a queer anthem?!

https://youtu.be/86xV2cI0-Bc

[andthisismrspeacock@mas.to]

@sarae I don't care what they think/
I don't care what they say/
what do they know about/
this love, anyway?

Yeah totally straight she was probably just having boyfriend problems or something

[stevegis_ssg@mas.to]

@andthisismrspeacock

There is no "WOULD" would-y enough.

[gayexpired@social.cologne]

@andthisismrspeacock I have no f*c*ing clue who he is and if I was his age, I probably wouldn't know anyway.

So, who is he and why does it matter?

[sarae@ecoevo.social]

@andthisismrspeacock I just checked and she's absolutely got YouTube footage out there like yeah, this is a song about trying to make up with my lover

and you know she's not dating a fellah

[tarrenvane@autistics.life]

@andthisismrspeacock It really is! I figured my research would turn up one or two, but I found out there's a lot more #LGBTQIA representation than I thought. I wish #ElisLundholm hadn't had to compete opposite his gender identity though. I wish they'd find better ways of categorizing athletes than "men's" and "women's." Base the classes on actual qualities and give them neutral names.

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#Olympics2026 #Olympics #WinterOlympics2026 #2026WinterOlympics #trans #FTM #Moguls