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Everything you need to
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Local Life Story
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News
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Community
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Fashion
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Tech
30
Hotlist
37
Competitions
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OUT
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Gay Classified
62
Naomi Smalls
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The RuPaul’s Drag Race star is
coming to the Midlands!
Ten Olympic LGBT Moments
4
We recap the best (and worst) moments for
LGBT people at last month’s Rio Olympics
Escort Directory
63
Sauna Directory
64
The Last Word
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10 LGBT MOMENTS FROM
So the Olympics are over for another four years, but what a fantastic time Team GB had in Rio,
amassing an impressive 67 medals in total - the most Great Britain has won in over 100 years. They
even managed to finish second in the medal table, behind the United States but above global power-
house China, beating them by just one gold medal.
Here, we take a look at 10 LGBT moments from last month’s games in Brazil - from the good, right
down to the bad...
TOM DALEY & DANIEL
GOODFELLOW
win
diving bronze
Team GB diving duo Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow won a
bronze medal in the men’s 10-metre synchronised diving event, de-
spite some fierce competition.
China’s Chen Aisen and Lin Yue won gold, whilst the USA’s David
Boudia and Steele Johnson took silver.
Posting on Facebook, Tom Daley said “I can’t believe it!” whilst also
telling his diving partner how proud he was of him.
The duo were watched in the stands by Daley’s mother, Debbie, and
his fiance, Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black.
Sadly, Tom didn’t do as well in his individual 10-metre competition,
coming last in the final after beating his personal best in the semi-final.
KATE & HELEN
RICHARDSON-WALSH
make Olympic history
NICOLA ADAMS
retains
flyweight boxing crown
Bisexual flyweight boxer Nicola Adams retained her Olympic
crown in Rio by winning gold (defeating France’s Sarah Ourah-
moune).
She’s the first British boxer in 92 years to achieve the feat, making her
the most accomplished amateur boxer in Great Britain!
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Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh made sporting history last
month when they became the first same-sex couple to (a)compete
in the Olympics and (b)win gold!
The pair were part of the Great Britain field hockey team, who claimed
top spot by defeating the Netherlands 2-0 in the final.
The couple got married three years ago after being teammates for al-
most 20 years. A big well done to both of them!
FEATURE
THIS YEAR’S OLYMPICS!
TONGA
TOTTY!
Tonga flag bearer and profes-
sional Taekwondo athlete Pita
Taufatofua’s oiled-up body sent
social media crazy during the
opening ceremony!
The 32-year-old was the head of
his country’s procession and wore
just a necklace and traditional cer-
emonial dress. Oh, and lots and
lots of oil!
“HE SAID
YES!”
Team GB race walker Tom
Bosworth got down on one
knee to propose to his
boyfriend Harry - who replied
with a yes, of course!
Tom finished sixth in his event,
which saw him complete a
20km race walk. Congratula-
tions, guys!
TEAM
LGBT WIN!
An amazing 35% of all out LGBT
athletes won medals during the
Rio Olympics - more than at
London 2012.
Out of a record-breaking 53
openly LGBT athletes, 19 won a
medal - five golds, six silver and
three bronze.
If Team LGBT were on the medal
table, they’d be 17th overall!
“SHE SAID
YES!”
Tom Bosworth wasn’t the only
one to propose at the Rio
Olympics!
Marjorie Enya, who works at
Rio’s Deodoro Stadium, chose
to propose to Brazilian rugby
player Isabella Cerullo following
her rugby 7s team winning
gold.
So emosh!
ANTI-GAY
ABUSE
Athletes at the Olympics who
are openly gay were reportedly
targeted with homophobic
abuse from the crowd.
Megan Rapinoe, from the US
women's football team, reported
that she heard ‘bicha’ being
chanted from the crowd, which is
a Portuguese word similar in
meaning to the English ‘faggot’.
OUTING
ATHLETES
Straight Daily Beast reporter
Nico Hines set up a Grindr
profile to track down gay ath-
letes for an article in which
he then published their na-
tionalities and their sport -
making them easily identifi-
able.
The Daily Beast later pulled the
article and issued an apology
after many complaints.
BARE BUM
FOR NICO
Tonga’s openly gay Olympian,
Amini Fonua, responded to Nico
Hines’ Daily Beast article by
bearing his bum for all to see on
Instagram.
He said: “If what you were looking
for on Grindr was hot ass, here,
you have mine in all its proud
glory. Now, kiss it and f*** off.”
Well done, Amini! We love you!
Medal Table
Gold
01 United States
02 Great Britain
03 China
04 Russia
05 Germany
Silver
37
23
18
18
10
Bronze Total
38
17
26
19
15
121
67
70
56
42
46
27
26
19
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