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A Timeline Of LGBTQ+ Figure Skating History
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Explore a treasure trove of articles on the history of figure skating, highlighting Olympic Medallists, World and National Champions and dazzling competitions, shows and tours. Written by former skater and judge Ryan Stevens, Skate Guard Blog also offers intriguing insights into the evolution of the sport over the decades. Delve into Stevens' five books for even more riveting stories and information about the history of everyone's favourite winter Olympic sport. </div> <div class='clear'></div> </div><div class='widget Blog' data-version='1' id='Blog1'> <div class='blog-posts hfeed'> <div class="date-outer"> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlcyWp5sglQE0kP61xx-rpPS0K0Pupwk2Z1jkh8-YEDlnMpES9a3JowaJRcJfjBxdsyX-3g2gAvmOekc_atGP4sNyxgCReX5sZRUWF6NV80uIlv__jIAiGXYZxxdNFy-HIS0gk63IZ61vnB1QOQSb5YrWn30aU4PlpYUxu2HKrjBeLfGywedcdyDDymU/w360-h640/Your%20paragraph%20text.png' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='2117353349691954231' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='5297133536690280983' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='5297133536690280983'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> A Timeline Of LGBTQ+ Figure Skating History </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-5297133536690280983' itemprop='articleBody'> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlcyWp5sglQE0kP61xx-rpPS0K0Pupwk2Z1jkh8-YEDlnMpES9a3JowaJRcJfjBxdsyX-3g2gAvmOekc_atGP4sNyxgCReX5sZRUWF6NV80uIlv__jIAiGXYZxxdNFy-HIS0gk63IZ61vnB1QOQSb5YrWn30aU4PlpYUxu2HKrjBeLfGywedcdyDDymU/s1920/Your%20paragraph%20text.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlcyWp5sglQE0kP61xx-rpPS0K0Pupwk2Z1jkh8-YEDlnMpES9a3JowaJRcJfjBxdsyX-3g2gAvmOekc_atGP4sNyxgCReX5sZRUWF6NV80uIlv__jIAiGXYZxxdNFy-HIS0gk63IZ61vnB1QOQSb5YrWn30aU4PlpYUxu2HKrjBeLfGywedcdyDDymU/w360-h640/Your%20paragraph%20text.png" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">During Pride Season and all year round, Skate Guard celebrates the milestones and achievements of LGBTQ+ skaters! I hope you enjoy taking a glide through the good, bad and ugly of LGBTQ+ figure skating history with this timeline.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Some prefaces to this list:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">- It's super important to recognize the fact that life for LGBTQ+ skaters today is absolutely nothing like it was decades ago. Depending on the country/time period, admitting you weren't straight publicly could result in you losing your job and home. You could be harassed by police, institutionalized, chemically castrated or jailed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">- For every skater I have chosen to include in this list, there are dozens upon dozens more that I haven't. It is by no means a comprehensive listing of every LGBTQ+ figure skater.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">- In some cases, I have included skaters who haven't been identified as members of the LGBTQ+ community. I don't know about you, but I think doing Axels in drag is fabulous enough to make the cut.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> - Louder for the people in the back... Whether or not a skater came out publicly during their career is not any sort of 'measure' of their courage or relevance, nor is who came out first a competition. Many were very much out for years before their sexuality ever came to the attention of the media or general public; many more simply couldn't come out for a host of reasons.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzJM1PhLPFEZxf-3-Fzy0mz3skUzvjot-xbbhz0fxPgT8XCnPpT_FucncFMKBYFOX8ka74oaeCyriqnfGfLAy0VRNboMA03zWCyMjEeELj0lnLHzMPu5cx96cLpmRoqjTJmF0WbTLqEKD2KvuFAViDd3T7nosnwB0cBHoUCsjOg0cSs0mx8RLeHdz/s4875/Pride_season_banner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="4875" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzJM1PhLPFEZxf-3-Fzy0mz3skUzvjot-xbbhz0fxPgT8XCnPpT_FucncFMKBYFOX8ka74oaeCyriqnfGfLAy0VRNboMA03zWCyMjEeELj0lnLHzMPu5cx96cLpmRoqjTJmF0WbTLqEKD2KvuFAViDd3T7nosnwB0cBHoUCsjOg0cSs0mx8RLeHdz/w400-h119/Pride_season_banner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>A TIMELINE OF LGBTQ+ FIGURE SKATING HISTORY</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1869 - Callie Curtis caused a stir when he masqueraded in Victorian drag as 'Miss Godbout, the lady from New Brunswick' to compete in a women's skating competition in the state of New York.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzgnvFlO5vANOc9lZe96Io-peN7kYL1cpwW_E85KzZEA_ttev4Dz6GJ9-NtMh4YyhoANpmtCH0hrT4PGrFiHkAxCCw3syXDqn02BHHEvVFdZBtkQz7vpzLviI8M6b4c45ENkWNBEw7CqL1tkrUOQkiFDxZPMJVy1YIwK_UZqvZAlhG27_xBFedBFG/s449/wp02e6751b_0f_06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzgnvFlO5vANOc9lZe96Io-peN7kYL1cpwW_E85KzZEA_ttev4Dz6GJ9-NtMh4YyhoANpmtCH0hrT4PGrFiHkAxCCw3syXDqn02BHHEvVFdZBtkQz7vpzLviI8M6b4c45ENkWNBEw7CqL1tkrUOQkiFDxZPMJVy1YIwK_UZqvZAlhG27_xBFedBFG/s16000/wp02e6751b_0f_06.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jackson Haines</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1871 - <a href="https://www.skateguardblog.com/p/jackson-haines.html">Jackson Haines</a> took to the ice at Wenceslas Square in Prague, dressing as a woman in one program and doing a little same-sex ice dancing with his Austrian prot茅g茅 Franz Bellazi in another. Haines' flamboyant performances, coupled with the fact he left his wife and children behind in America, have led some to ponder his sexual orientation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1905 - Gustav V, then Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, showed a special interest in figure skating, awarding World Champion Ulrich Salchow a special prize. During his reign as King of Sweden, Gustav V was embroiled in a scandal when the Royal Court paid off a man who claimed he was the King's lover.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1938 - Virginia sportswriter Gayle Talbot complained that Sonja Henie should be "charged with having a made a lot of... fancy Dan's out of this country's ice skaters." Over the years, many gay men skated in Henie's Hollywood Ice Revue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mE5JQVqiMnFndcSjdxJmJ60t77B-iPz3Su9YaKpVAGE_j8kc4Q6gioF3AjfSbbWpyoTIiwFms6iVeQ5nybJ_M29WRZpZJmHrqxSkz6GQCkJgc4NFijMU52wRcADBJYDfPfqfNM2ALsY/s1036/specht.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="753" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mE5JQVqiMnFndcSjdxJmJ60t77B-iPz3Su9YaKpVAGE_j8kc4Q6gioF3AjfSbbWpyoTIiwFms6iVeQ5nybJ_M29WRZpZJmHrqxSkz6GQCkJgc4NFijMU52wRcADBJYDfPfqfNM2ALsY/w465-h640/specht.jpg" width="465" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bobby Specht</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1942 - U.S. Champion Bobby Specht joined the cast of the Ice Capades. Bob Turk got his start with the tour as Bobby's understudy and went on to work as a producer and choreographer for the show. In a 2016 interview, Bob recalled, "Bobby was very, very gay and never tried to hide it. He and Alan Konrad were sort of lovers for a time, but he never really had a lover until the end of his life... He was the sweetest person in the world."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1942 - British Olympian Freddie Tomlins brought down the house with his drag skating act 'The Blonde Bombshell'. The following year, Freddie (an Air Gunner with the Royal Air Force) was tragically killed during an operational flight over the English Channel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfg05iU6nFcZb2xbBN8iTW4uPH2inJjT4zwqF0Se9a5JtRkkwZ1QnjdcIYavl6YhQqaHaZqAYj7CNYP2LTVN1c0SuCOWBbzCWg2ztQ2uCTyoYB-hlmrHPsbI4In41Pn2iPiYLG3DHGFiiw9ypd-rPAVXCBwxIG5A-FCKhHg0jvaNXzmINDCnYmukc/s320/Bombshell.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfg05iU6nFcZb2xbBN8iTW4uPH2inJjT4zwqF0Se9a5JtRkkwZ1QnjdcIYavl6YhQqaHaZqAYj7CNYP2LTVN1c0SuCOWBbzCWg2ztQ2uCTyoYB-hlmrHPsbI4In41Pn2iPiYLG3DHGFiiw9ypd-rPAVXCBwxIG5A-FCKhHg0jvaNXzmINDCnYmukc/s16000/Bombshell.PNG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Freddie Tomlins as 'The Blonde Bombshell'</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1945 - LGBTQ+ icon Judy Garland attended the Ice Follies in Los Angeles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1950 - A long-term relationship between two women was an open secret in the figure skating world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWIWQFn0YKtzOxtqcF6bGwF9p9YET1riJjDTJRRe6pnM_dnIgV391ZtUPJc2e1EcedQ2U5DyWqvW3S_Y4COs913NTpHMKpj4IK3OkdsrxJL2w0w40X7ozuWEK09vpRg2LJxADA7CKwZ0/s479/Tab+Hunter+skating.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWIWQFn0YKtzOxtqcF6bGwF9p9YET1riJjDTJRRe6pnM_dnIgV391ZtUPJc2e1EcedQ2U5DyWqvW3S_Y4COs913NTpHMKpj4IK3OkdsrxJL2w0w40X7ozuWEK09vpRg2LJxADA7CKwZ0/s16000/Tab+Hunter+skating.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tab Hunter</span></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1950 - Art Gelien won the silver medal in the pairs event at the Pacific Coast Championships. Gelien went on to star in over forty films under the stage name Tab Hunter. In his 2005 autobiography, he discussed his relationship with 1956 Olympic Silver Medallist Ronnie Robertson.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1951 - Peter Firstbrook won his first of three Canadian titles. A 2018 memoir penned by Gordon Crosland recounted a liaison between the two skaters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1952 - Armando 'Pancho' Rodriguez won the silver medal in the junior men's event at the U.S. Championships. In 2014, writer Kenneth Caldwell recalled his time working for Rodriguez and his partner Harry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtgqfdnoZszmkATgGiaby1kG4dof_r23ZIqaemYw495OuSXeIFfleDKhd9UORrrpA4-Nd7cGLUc6vRpuYG4RHpZlhQPuZ6BurHZnNY14bhmSTuaFf-9IkTTI02BKExDZZKCHVn9Oltiac/s1600/F.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="202" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtgqfdnoZszmkATgGiaby1kG4dof_r23ZIqaemYw495OuSXeIFfleDKhd9UORrrpA4-Nd7cGLUc6vRpuYG4RHpZlhQPuZ6BurHZnNY14bhmSTuaFf-9IkTTI02BKExDZZKCHVn9Oltiac/s400/F.PNG" width="142" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAW0tWuwCyoCjijj-JKrlR8nfgf5DHoAH9NqvjBdJjsfdmcnsWAuux5Fh44pvYkAiqIBhAcVrYrXyQtVW2ZWFvmAxIUmFKCkSmZGkVBpU-5PZL_Fh5fGYdnZxbjwZxPqt4ywhCno94vo/s1600/G.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="224" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAW0tWuwCyoCjijj-JKrlR8nfgf5DHoAH9NqvjBdJjsfdmcnsWAuux5Fh44pvYkAiqIBhAcVrYrXyQtVW2ZWFvmAxIUmFKCkSmZGkVBpU-5PZL_Fh5fGYdnZxbjwZxPqt4ywhCno94vo/s400/G.PNG" width="162" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photos courtesy University Of Pennsylvania Archives</span></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1953 - The same month he won a pair of silver medals in ice dancing at the North American Championships, Donald Jacoby was arrested on 'morals charges'. A benevolent judge found Donald and his friend not guilty. Bringing men up on "morals charges" and tarnishing their names in the press was a typical tactic of the time to 'shame' young men into 'going on the straight and narrow'. This kind of invented scandal would have no doubt generated a great deal of rink locker room gossip and unpleasantness at the time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOBrB6kxZPiKxDk2qnSDo0a_7661eXf5CMjiQKfn4krRbGxn95_EnQzWInj7R4cSEcwZg9vhBTFCBHJmUPeiv9ZrDfEQGTpFfTqgiXuad6URvI6I9zfUmHGo8ijO3ep0eC_Ge4hgj3eUW1amz9or7PMdHcbHpGshtok4fIVqTnrqPExpQJVgI2S_b/s568/Markham%20and%20Jones%20-%20SM%20book.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="397" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOBrB6kxZPiKxDk2qnSDo0a_7661eXf5CMjiQKfn4krRbGxn95_EnQzWInj7R4cSEcwZg9vhBTFCBHJmUPeiv9ZrDfEQGTpFfTqgiXuad6URvI6I9zfUmHGo8ijO3ep0eC_Ge4hgj3eUW1amz9or7PMdHcbHpGshtok4fIVqTnrqPExpQJVgI2S_b/w448-h640/Markham%20and%20Jones%20-%20SM%20book.PNG" width="448" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">June Markham and Courtney Jones</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1957 - Courtney Jones won his first of four gold medals at the World Championships in ice dancing. In his 2021 autobiography "Around the Ice in Eighty Years", Jones recalled, "In sport, in principle, gays did not officially exist until figure skating began coming to the fore after the war, and as this was a cross between athletics and dance, it was realised that possibly some of 'them' could be taking part. However, it was like having a death in the family - you didn't mention it and hid behind your fan... I suppose I was a late bloomer and didn't really come out until I was working and skating in London and realized that I wasn't the only gay in the skating village; but, even then, one didn’t shout it from the rooftops, as some of the older judges would have had fainting fits." Jones went on to serve on the ISU Council and as President of Great Britain's National Skating Association. His partner Bobby Thompson was a successful ice dancing coach.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1965 - The Winterland arena in San Francisco, established summer home of the Ice Follies, played host to the Beaux Arts Ball where Jos茅 Julio Sarria, the Widow Norton, was named Royal Empress de San Francisco, Jose I.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWQdTjFTuoFzSkUewbqCowAqiwwA946oWMA5ZUn02AZbbuFak3rnrL0zIn_nUG7ZxScB2hfxo4NoSIz-YjUrXKhkJQKQmyZaRcnlxjzqAAYQ45XfOHMKuSM_y3OFJ771vaMMacZ3PSRc/s298/Arquives+Justice-1968-02-10-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWQdTjFTuoFzSkUewbqCowAqiwwA946oWMA5ZUn02AZbbuFak3rnrL0zIn_nUG7ZxScB2hfxo4NoSIz-YjUrXKhkJQKQmyZaRcnlxjzqAAYQ45XfOHMKuSM_y3OFJ771vaMMacZ3PSRc/s16000/Arquives+Justice-1968-02-10-p2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo courtesy Arquives Canada</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1968 - Antique dealer and figure skating coach Frank Thornton was charged with gross indecency. He was arrested when plain-clothes police officers spied on him hooking up in a washroom at the Bloor-Yonge Streets Subway station in Toronto. He faced deportation to the United States but won in the first round of his contestation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1969 - Boston skating coach and Spiritualist church minister Marion Proctor's book "Figure Skating" made a point of stating that skating wasn't a "sissy" sport. Proctor wrote, "Figure skating does not have to be performed in an effeminate manner... A real man can have exquisite timing and express rhythm and grace, yet still retain or perhaps enhance his masculinity... Our men champions are very male." Tiresome articles along this vein were penned for newspapers and magazines for decades, hardly making LGBTQ+ skaters feel welcome in the sport. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1972 - Ondrej Nepela won the Olympic gold medal. Toller Cranston later recalled a hook-up with Nepela during the 1973 World Championships in Bratislava in his 2000 book "When Hell Freezes Over, Should I Bring My Skates?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupof9SKXjHmZeDftUgteYAfIz2rHNw-TSuFmJIdv54d65yb0KW1H4y6BEt7ZUA6Kdynr1TZU3uGXbfUOe_E3HpAx7408uVTErNSchsSHwgRMBx0fzWf-Xy2U7EPy_AI27prImmWRcm0I/s564/John+Curry+young+-+RUS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupof9SKXjHmZeDftUgteYAfIz2rHNw-TSuFmJIdv54d65yb0KW1H4y6BEt7ZUA6Kdynr1TZU3uGXbfUOe_E3HpAx7408uVTErNSchsSHwgRMBx0fzWf-Xy2U7EPy_AI27prImmWRcm0I/s16000/John+Curry+young+-+RUS.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">John Curry</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1976 - John Curry won the Olympic gold medal in Innsbruck. At a press conference the next day, a reporter asked him, "Don't you keep getting asked if you're gay?" He replied, "I am." This admission was not included in Associated Press dispatches but made front page news in European papers nonetheless. In a subsequent interview with the "Daily Express", he stated that he wasn't "a militant gay... I don't talk about sex. There is a lot of rubbish about gays being extra artistic. I don't think sexuality has anything to do with sensitivity. For every great gay actor there is one who isn't."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1976 - Toller Cranston faced criticism in "The Body Politic Gay Liberation Journal". In the "Trash" column, an unnamed columnist wrote, "Poor boy doesn't even admit to going down Yonge St... which is taking closetry pretty far for a 26-year-old." Cranston never put labels on his sexuality but described encounters with both men and women in his autobiographies. His wit and flair made him an icon in the LGBTQ+ community in Canada.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBaJxkCO6T_TlxjxfGnUIz1nXtGrz0FeJgal1PJc-B9P3QVgwvitqkABy4TDQ6Tz_k_9aVCvRW32Bw-UP-uBJXnVzeRxPKhagFjsGsfEzDClXjWVMWdyFp1OuVuZfXjlHg_4icUPRZMQ3wFieMNpEMk6KiKTWxW-KFmqARlyMWOkKmFG4eISvvtjD/s1282/06M_P833S2D1267_0002_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="1072" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBaJxkCO6T_TlxjxfGnUIz1nXtGrz0FeJgal1PJc-B9P3QVgwvitqkABy4TDQ6Tz_k_9aVCvRW32Bw-UP-uBJXnVzeRxPKhagFjsGsfEzDClXjWVMWdyFp1OuVuZfXjlHg_4icUPRZMQ3wFieMNpEMk6KiKTWxW-KFmqARlyMWOkKmFG4eISvvtjD/w536-h640/06M_P833S2D1267_0002_1.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Toller Cranston. Photo courtesy Biblioth猫que et Archives nationales du Qu茅bec.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1978 - Unstable religious zealots sounded off on the 'sins of skating'. A reporter for "La Voz Eterna" magazine wrote, "Roller skating or ice skating at a rink where music is played is not a place for a Christian, whether it is a school class party or otherwise. One may try to justify the music by saying: music is played to drown out the loud noise of the skates, but this is not so. This is the voice of the devil speaking. The music here, too, gets under the feet and in the body. Before one is even aware of it, one is listening to the music and unconsciously moving with the music." Though this may seem an extreme example, it is impossible not to consider the role religion has played in the lives of LGBTQ+ skaters over the years. It kept many skaters in the closet and was a driving force behind much of the homophobia they faced. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1981 - A clip of Toller Cranston skating in his special "Dream Weaver" was included in the film "Taxi zum Klo", which highlighted gay culture in West Berlin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqlN-tUnSuiQ0eThUHZaYh0K1BrkkK4glLhhCqa9XbtYjukC6jWJdSuZnglAZTw9CBi6nrhPtzlraW_NP1PcNyFTfZCG2xOlqKjNObUowGu6GgAyH3Y2ue2LxabTwxChlKEwZsoTalSg/s960/Skating+For+Life+1989+Blumberg+Seibert+Starbuck+Shelley+Babilonia+Gardner+Curry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="960" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqlN-tUnSuiQ0eThUHZaYh0K1BrkkK4glLhhCqa9XbtYjukC6jWJdSuZnglAZTw9CBi6nrhPtzlraW_NP1PcNyFTfZCG2xOlqKjNObUowGu6GgAyH3Y2ue2LxabTwxChlKEwZsoTalSg/w400-h295/Skating+For+Life+1989+Blumberg+Seibert+Starbuck+Shelley+Babilonia+Gardner+Curry.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Michael Seibert, Judy Blumberg, John Curry, Ken Shelley, JoJo Starbuck, Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner at the AIDS benefit show "Skating For Life".</span></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1981 - San Francisco LGBTQ+ newspaper the "Bay Area Reporter" published its first mention of 'Gay Men's Pneumonia'. In the decades that followed, more than twice as many members of the figure skating community died as a result of complications of HIV/AIDS than in the 1961 Sabena Crash. Among them, Olympic Medallists, World Champions, coaches, choreographers and ice show stars. These men's stories will be highlighted in detail in Skate Guard's upcoming feature "They Skated Away". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1982 - Brian Pockar claimed the bronze medal at the 1982 World Championships. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1982 - Robert Wagenhoffer won his first of two gold medals at the World Professional Championships in Jaca, Spain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1985 - Toronto teacher and librarian Kenneth Zeller was beaten to death by five youths in Toronto's High Park. The tragedy forced the Toronto District School Board to implement a program to end discrimination based on sexual orientation. In his youth, Zeller was an enthusiastic member of the Stouffville Figure Skating Club.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerHaYmj8w005jB1qlSmdEoSA6E-Z-pxhoTqdcCOc8n7wx_GS11qC1QTsU1AAiJOjiMwfVY4qjUhCt8LG-YfUVGDRuTLJWewMOqqKQf2nn28xKk4v2cR_brgfivmXoGyeoA0YDp5UO-npaAyKeVjTk3dFYF94dWRvC6sP84ktFmDi6ajNrdMbSQiSz/s254/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="198" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerHaYmj8w005jB1qlSmdEoSA6E-Z-pxhoTqdcCOc8n7wx_GS11qC1QTsU1AAiJOjiMwfVY4qjUhCt8LG-YfUVGDRuTLJWewMOqqKQf2nn28xKk4v2cR_brgfivmXoGyeoA0YDp5UO-npaAyKeVjTk3dFYF94dWRvC6sP84ktFmDi6ajNrdMbSQiSz/s1600/download.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1987 - Stuart Livie passed away in San Francisco. A veteran of World War II, Livie toured with Sonja Henie's Hollywood Ice Revue and Holiday On Ice in the forties and fifties. His obituary in the "Bay Area Reporter" mentioned that he was "widely known in San Francisco's gay community for his association with the Round Up and Endup bars".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1987 - San Francisco gay bar The Pilsner Inn holds a Sonja Henie lookalike pageant as part of its Norwegian Independence Day Party.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRh2deYTc87BKGMTQK49vuu5E7Sa6MQ3zozc52TGFFjxM5QPljjjohWEMAefnxWd4IbZSZ_Bnn_T5nsBO3gFuNPK_FBP5RlYxdkFw-pcc6FZNI4lREuraHP39L0XOznhYC7_bw2NCOR1SmBDSFI80LLop9PN5O63eM87rX1RcyCWHvslyW74FME0Iy/s925/Wilson%20McCall%20-%2088%20Olympic%20FD.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRh2deYTc87BKGMTQK49vuu5E7Sa6MQ3zozc52TGFFjxM5QPljjjohWEMAefnxWd4IbZSZ_Bnn_T5nsBO3gFuNPK_FBP5RlYxdkFw-pcc6FZNI4lREuraHP39L0XOznhYC7_bw2NCOR1SmBDSFI80LLop9PN5O63eM87rX1RcyCWHvslyW74FME0Iy/w416-h640/Wilson%20McCall%20-%2088%20Olympic%20FD.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tracy Wilson and Rob McCall</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1988 - Brian Boitano, Brian Orser and Rob McCall won gold, silver and bronze medals at the Winter Olympic Games in Calgary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1988 - America's Mark Mitchell and Sweden's Peter Johansson met while competing against each other at the Novarat Trophy in Budapest. They went on to become an on and off-ice power couple, teaching their Mitchell Johansson Method to a host of champions at the historic Skating Club of Boston.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1989 - In his acceptance speech as USFSA President, Hugh Graham complained of "the mixed image of the sport and the very real difficulty of attracting more participation by young men." The same year, Graham suggested making rule changes surrounding men's costuming and putting a stop to giving men bouquets of flowers on the podium.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1991 - The International Gay Figure Skating Union was founded in New York by Laura Moore and Arthur Luiz. By the late nineties, the Union had members from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Great Britain, Israel and the United States.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1992 – Canadian Bronze Medallist Matthew Hall was one of the first elite Canadian athletes to publicly come out during their competitive career.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmftgGkzDdbOXaVjwO2IVtoKthxXMKwBg08mJ2p_g9dxocVCsghnogNdl1Z0w2YjFwhbecJZ8iL5fIqI6JLRHP5qyUaa-fKOOVmE6c5c8-9zOBCYvz4iyMAWgulslbns4N8TgaiuhnFEM/s654/Screenshot+2021-04-04+135154.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="654" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmftgGkzDdbOXaVjwO2IVtoKthxXMKwBg08mJ2p_g9dxocVCsghnogNdl1Z0w2YjFwhbecJZ8iL5fIqI6JLRHP5qyUaa-fKOOVmE6c5c8-9zOBCYvz4iyMAWgulslbns4N8TgaiuhnFEM/w400-h249/Screenshot+2021-04-04+135154.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Trevor Kruse and Darren Singbeil's program about the military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy at the 1994 Gay Games</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1994 - Figure skating was included in the Gay Games for the first time. Charles Sinek, the winner of one of the same-sex ice dancing events, went on to win four consecutive pewter medals in senior ice dancing at the U.S. Championships.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1994 - Gender bending programs are favourites with LGBTQ+ fans. Katarina Witt dresses as Robin Hood; Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler trade places in "Patricia The Stripper".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1994 – U.S. Junior Champion Doug Mattis came out publicly and gave two exhibitions during the first Gay Games to feature figure skating competitions. Two years later, his story was featured in "The Advocate".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BmEfY7SsNxs" width="320" youtube-src-id="BmEfY7SsNxs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Doug Mattis and Dorothy Helium</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1994 - After leaving a restaurant with a friend, San Francisco skating coach Victor Rohana was the victim of a hate crime. He was followed by two men in a jeep who yelled "You fuckin' faggot!" and shot him. He suffered serious injuries and a fund was set up to assist with his medical bills, which exceeded ninety thousand dollars.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1994 - Fiona Cunningham-Reid's film "Thin Ice" was a romantic drama about two women who joined forces to compete as figure skaters in the Gay Games and fell in love.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDuKoLl-ktFCJbBKY-wt27aHjGArjqh6Kunyi8BuyVzgOrHfzr-_8PQsE_NhahgsMPMn72pSXURSudLTMOk0_YLS-ETZf22VpPQGdG0dx7KYUEWIfTm9OArP0LwkJPq1CXXpioZmh0Lfjb24Zw8-SYSeaU3PznwfouH4UjITRBfyDkrv3DIMoSqhWZ/s570/Robin%20as%20Frank.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="570" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDuKoLl-ktFCJbBKY-wt27aHjGArjqh6Kunyi8BuyVzgOrHfzr-_8PQsE_NhahgsMPMn72pSXURSudLTMOk0_YLS-ETZf22VpPQGdG0dx7KYUEWIfTm9OArP0LwkJPq1CXXpioZmh0Lfjb24Zw8-SYSeaU3PznwfouH4UjITRBfyDkrv3DIMoSqhWZ/w400-h336/Robin%20as%20Frank.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Robin Cousins as Frank-N-Furter</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1995 - Olympic Gold Medallist Robin Cousins traded his skates for stilettos when he took the stage as Frank-N-Furter in a West End production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". Cousins later married his partner in a civil ceremony. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1995 - For the first time, figure skating competitions were included in Team Seattle's Annual Gay/Lesbian Winter Sports Festival Slide For Pride. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1996 - Rudy Galindo won the U.S. senior men's title in San Jose, California. He came out publicly shortly before winning the title. That same year, Rudy was the guest speaker at the 10th Annual AIDS Walk San Francisco.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCBH6nVpByNoKTGrVkItMqw1YArOnz2PkeXJ-btQ9VN6JMujurcjDPTFf9n16WX3st3cnysrKseLSVV2clqQV-L_G1U20ntmRQ1XJPzwVz2UWhqVIWg1zMdn1dfjZl6p41luRA6iG8E0/s381/Rudy1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="381" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCBH6nVpByNoKTGrVkItMqw1YArOnz2PkeXJ-btQ9VN6JMujurcjDPTFf9n16WX3st3cnysrKseLSVV2clqQV-L_G1U20ntmRQ1XJPzwVz2UWhqVIWg1zMdn1dfjZl6p41luRA6iG8E0/s320/Rudy1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1996 - A year after the landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada that sexual orientation was constitutionally protected under the equality clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Pride flags were displayed at an ISU Championship for the first time, at the World Championships in Edmonton.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1996 - Out skater Jay Kobayashi of Silicon Valley, California won a gold medal at the U.S. Adult Championships in Lake Placid. Kobayashi's skating exploits were regularly featured in the "Bay Area Reporter".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1997 - "Skates Of Pride" was presented at the Ice Theatre Of New York's Ice Rink not long after the city's Pride Parade. Among the performers were Doug Mattis, Angelo D'Agostino and Martin Marceau.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1997 - Jennifer Lyon's "The Strong And The Sequined" made its debut on the RSSIF Usenet newsgroup. It was the first internet skating serial to feature several LGBTQ+ characters. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSM-6T8C9sXdUZfC_FWDPdAhOzzNHlxA1OR4Sf1HBrm7XOAbYFjpL3dIdmqMFXjU4oC6DD1yS2al58QinaWcCcg6fA0mObPMdd32sHj2OUrV2emQq5_S0QWgsfgGhX11DJ3w0oN3flaSr_3cT0sUkQ2OxYEhhkVs8EguC-OWMAyXOcoER18iwi-Bz/s500/rainbowice-banner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="500" height="67" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSM-6T8C9sXdUZfC_FWDPdAhOzzNHlxA1OR4Sf1HBrm7XOAbYFjpL3dIdmqMFXjU4oC6DD1yS2al58QinaWcCcg6fA0mObPMdd32sHj2OUrV2emQq5_S0QWgsfgGhX11DJ3w0oN3flaSr_3cT0sUkQ2OxYEhhkVs8EguC-OWMAyXOcoER18iwi-Bz/s320/rainbowice-banner.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1998 - Lorrie Kim launched Rainbow Ice, the first site on the World Wide Web dedicated to promoting LGBTQ+ figure skaters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1998 – Greg Wittrock introduced his skating/drag persona Whorita to mainstream audiences in the Show Act category at the first American Open Pro Figure Skating Championships. Whorita was prominently featured in Wittrock's ice theatre production "Freezer Burn", which debuted just days before the 2001 New York City Pride Parade.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1998 - "Spectrum On Ice", a benefit for the charity Under One Roof, was held in Oakland, California. Angelo D'Agostino and Don Corbiell's similar pairs performance was a highlight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8P0irTJfyPHxmxduppHquNTz45kDWX91llK4YEHf0o2v7d5WiCadf1lhhhQ2eMNWt_ODYNs5ipQloxRdX0fy0M9IX8icOCBozaRwG6_BgsKEjFiiO8nwMTvGY7kp9HxfKuBVeQ4rhRk/s700/tspa_0089900f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="502" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8P0irTJfyPHxmxduppHquNTz45kDWX91llK4YEHf0o2v7d5WiCadf1lhhhQ2eMNWt_ODYNs5ipQloxRdX0fy0M9IX8icOCBozaRwG6_BgsKEjFiiO8nwMTvGY7kp9HxfKuBVeQ4rhRk/w458-h640/tspa_0089900f.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Katarina Witt and Brian Orser. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo courtesy Toronto Public Library, from Toronto Star Photographic Archive. Reproduced for educational purposes under license permission.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1998 – World Champion Brian Orser was outed when his former partner sued him for palimony. He lost a legal battle to stop public disclosure. In an affidavit, he wrote that he believed it was "highly likely that if... allegations [that I am gay] were made public, I would not be invited to return to a number of major ice shows. In hindsight, I may have overreacted in trying to protect my privacy."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1998 - Due to sanctioning issues, the figure skating competition at the Gay Games in Amsterdam was turned into a series of "public practices".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1999 - Rudy Galindo made a cameo appearance on the Emmy award winning comedy series "Will And Grace".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2000 - Canadian scholar Samantha King's thesis "Consuming Compassion: AIDS, Figure Skating and Canadian Identity" was one of the first academic works to explore the impact of the LGBTQ+ community in figure skating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVy_81yLibsSiToHVFONiqIDP57-r1sNpYrIjHkOWfXzA0GVhKvYbA7NsNeGS9zOiSVrumay4lijQQBEFw1jAPoYxXpCyQm430YM7CxiU1QkDmkSIHs_g-Rj7u3Hv0hX5nvfAwMfktFho/s786/550x786.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVy_81yLibsSiToHVFONiqIDP57-r1sNpYrIjHkOWfXzA0GVhKvYbA7NsNeGS9zOiSVrumay4lijQQBEFw1jAPoYxXpCyQm430YM7CxiU1QkDmkSIHs_g-Rj7u3Hv0hX5nvfAwMfktFho/w280-h400/550x786.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Advertisement for the film "<span style="text-align: left;">Ma vraie vie 脿 Rouen"</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2001 - Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau's film "Ma vraie vie 脿 Rouen" told the coming-of-age story of a gay figure skater.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2001 - Canadian Champion Emanuel Sandhu appeared on the front cover of LGBTQ+ magazine "Xtra! West".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2003 - "My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia."... Thom Mullins earned a silver medal at the U.S. Adult Championships with a skating/drag performance impersonating the spooky Dame Edna Everage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2003 - Ben Tyler's book "Gay Blades" was published. The book highlighted the backstage stories and sexual exploits of a skater touring with a fictional ice revue. Reviewer Robert Julian bemoaned, "Trashy gay novels, like the ones Jackie Collins write, pop up everywhere these days."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRY8oeX3r5evvUkiQ7wp-Z-gbKEvyx6E-X01imunqgVWNbW9fvXov3R0G3jeBO7pLELye1IBIhh6tmKQROtTlBT1SSLsAD1DrN1y4JeCyJLpNjH-jqho09n6oYt3CCnPLynPeLTY-EBk/s475/41MCJ5C88PL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRY8oeX3r5evvUkiQ7wp-Z-gbKEvyx6E-X01imunqgVWNbW9fvXov3R0G3jeBO7pLELye1IBIhh6tmKQROtTlBT1SSLsAD1DrN1y4JeCyJLpNjH-jqho09n6oYt3CCnPLynPeLTY-EBk/s16000/41MCJ5C88PL.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cover of Ben Tyler's book "Gay Blades"</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2006 – Randy Gardner came out publicly in a feature in the "Los Angeles Times". Gardner later shared his personal story in the documentary "Go Figure".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2006 - Figure skating competitions were included in the first World OutGames in Montreal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2006 - Figure skating competitions were included in the Gay Games in Chicago. Among the medallists were Edward Vancampen, Franklyn Singley, Amy Entwistle and Josh Figurido.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggedfCSbWVvv5NDQkmRv_S9-LyBmyFrOoYapt2Xoj0sedzsjPNTmteIEIRAI_XrtSxAOXX80qk8K4hc6DO6MsNkFwjDJJqLT7lutfap9tcMuK3hginw_Ijh1bLI-s9TpIOKYtLNjCv2RM/s766/tumblr_n67atx96w61r5ashao1_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="686" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggedfCSbWVvv5NDQkmRv_S9-LyBmyFrOoYapt2Xoj0sedzsjPNTmteIEIRAI_XrtSxAOXX80qk8K4hc6DO6MsNkFwjDJJqLT7lutfap9tcMuK3hginw_Ijh1bLI-s9TpIOKYtLNjCv2RM/w359-h400/tumblr_n67atx96w61r5ashao1_1280.jpg" width="359" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jamie Silverstein and Ryan O'Meara</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2008 – U.S. Olympian Ryan O'Meara came out publicly. His story was featured on Gay.com and "Outsports".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2009 - Skate Canada was criticized for messaging about making figure skating in Canada more "tough", in an attempt to attract more young men to the sport. Many perceived this as being anti-gay. Skate Canada's CEO denied any campaign to 'toughen up the sport' even existed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2010 - Eddie McGuire and Mick Molloy came under fire for making homophobic comments while working as figure skating commentators for Channel Nine in Australia during the Winter Olympic Games. At one point during the coverage, Molloy said, "They don't leave anything in the locker room, these blokes, do they?" McGuire responded, "They don't leave anything in the closet either, do they?" They described another man's costume as "a bit of Broke Back".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2010 - The It Gets Better Project was founded in New York. In the years that follow, countless skaters share their #ItGetsBetter stories on social media. Few LGBTQ+ skaters made it through their school years without being bullied.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJaz6yw7_V2gvYeSpUQ7R-Tgs71cdjEU6Ysn-Gb9V23B2k02pVP95ocwKtiN7NO4fhJ_37bHwaUnDdGNfeUbMFtbHs7SL3nmT8sa6rAycuOiE1H74qYy58qPRf9LPYvpW5wEIhUTc23IU/s512/unnamed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="512" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJaz6yw7_V2gvYeSpUQ7R-Tgs71cdjEU6Ysn-Gb9V23B2k02pVP95ocwKtiN7NO4fhJ_37bHwaUnDdGNfeUbMFtbHs7SL3nmT8sa6rAycuOiE1H74qYy58qPRf9LPYvpW5wEIhUTc23IU/w400-h199/unnamed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Promotional material for the 2010 Gay Games in Germany</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2010 - The figure skating competitions at the Gay Games in Cologne, Germany drew one of the largest entries yet. The winners included Barbara Jaujou and Cecile Husson, Bettina Keil and Andreas Wagner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2011 - Athlete Ally, a non-profit LGBTQ+ sport advocacy group was founded in New York. U.S. pairs skater Jimmy Morgan, who came out a year later, became one of the group's Ambassadors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2011 - Mary Louise Adams' book "Artistic Impressions: Figure Skating, Masculinity, and the Limits of Sport" did a fantastic job of exploring issues of gender and sexuality in figure skating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2011 – The Ice Theatre Of New York had a float in the New York Pride Parade, complete with skaters performing on plastic ice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2011 – Johnny Weir came out publicly in his autobiography "Welcome To My World". That year, he is named the Grand Marshal of the Los Angeles Pride Parade. A Washington sports writer once called him "relentlessly" flamboyant.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPwgLzIwDgT4VzJ00RNrNY_dryCC59GFYXusUWaWu8KDa1flz8JGNL6_MkCaR8kBilK35Qbexfu103MfZ6TwlDaoClzg7msN30ezQhzMWuWteImtwtC2hIbVB1sAzrtydEVStp6UK5NE/s480/Mabee+Filip+Stiller+Jeff+Buttle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="480" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPwgLzIwDgT4VzJ00RNrNY_dryCC59GFYXusUWaWu8KDa1flz8JGNL6_MkCaR8kBilK35Qbexfu103MfZ6TwlDaoClzg7msN30ezQhzMWuWteImtwtC2hIbVB1sAzrtydEVStp6UK5NE/w400-h244/Mabee+Filip+Stiller+Jeff+Buttle.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Christopher Mabee, Filip Stiller and Jeffrey Buttle</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2012 – World Champion Jeffrey Buttle acknowledged that he was gay publicly in a feature in Toronto Gay Hockey Association's magazine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2012 – Olympian Matt Savoie married his partner in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6iEc32oIlyveVkZW2s4vmOID3odCrcpOj9KFUJ6QnrjHG-ba5ylW0uexm0fnVX2WrdWvl46rJNkVakKr04LeJyCiJY5K7flyVAsfl8uUuLn_hjLXlIAs5Ieu8r8Xwkmyu_n4-aoF8RQ/s457/Screenshot+2021-11-09+163242.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="457" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6iEc32oIlyveVkZW2s4vmOID3odCrcpOj9KFUJ6QnrjHG-ba5ylW0uexm0fnVX2WrdWvl46rJNkVakKr04LeJyCiJY5K7flyVAsfl8uUuLn_hjLXlIAs5Ieu8r8Xwkmyu_n4-aoF8RQ/w400-h288/Screenshot+2021-11-09+163242.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Editorial cartoon from "The Daily Trojan" reflecting on how hosting an Olympic Games in Russia neglected the safety of LGBTQ+ athletes. Photo courtesy University of Southern California Libraries.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2013 – Activists and athletes alike voiced their concerns about Russia's limits on LGBTQ+ rights in the lead-up to the Sochi Olympics. When he was named to the U.S. Delegation to the Games by President Barack Obama, Brian Boitano came out in an unplanned statement. He received words of encouragement from Olympic Gold Medallists Dick Button and Carol Heiss Jenkins.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2014 - Over seventy categories were included in the figure skating competitions at the Gay Games in Cleveland. The winners included J. Scott Driscoll and the ensemble Three Babes and a Blind Guy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2014 - Blair Braverman's Buzzfeed article "Why Is The World's Gayest Sport Stuck In The Closet?" went viral.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2014 – Daniel Donigan, the last-place finisher in the junior ice dance event at the 2009 U.S. Championships, reinvented himself as the fabulous drag queen MILK and earned legions of fans as a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAkxlYei7Sk8g0DcBeIu4czgdk4gVSrH_u-WVQbWvBaE3rF18TN1M3UeW_1NPsQUMnTw3zr4VX_OF5oXbNARwuNgGY4FGXKmV6JGD4cyUNaIJb9TIyYGp-LSfxy5_LyR73QN4BsR4fog/s1125/Eric_Radford_Luis_Fenero_suits.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="1125" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAkxlYei7Sk8g0DcBeIu4czgdk4gVSrH_u-WVQbWvBaE3rF18TN1M3UeW_1NPsQUMnTw3zr4VX_OF5oXbNARwuNgGY4FGXKmV6JGD4cyUNaIJb9TIyYGp-LSfxy5_LyR73QN4BsR4fog/w400-h210/Eric_Radford_Luis_Fenero_suits.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Eric Radford and Luis Fenero. Photo courtesy "Outsports" magazine.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2014 – Eric Radford came out in an interview with "Outsports" magazine. Later that season, he won a second World title, making him the first openly gay figure skater to win an ISU Championship.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2014 – U.S. Champion and Olympian Russ Witherby and Disney On Ice star turned fashion designer Michael Kuluva tied the knot in Los Angeles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2014 – The Canadian Olympic Committee collaborated with Egale Canada and You Can Play to launch the #OneTeam initiative. Eric Radford and ally Dylan Moscovitch were named ambassadors to the program which aims to bolster inclusivity in Canadian sport.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2015 - In the lead-up to the 2016 Canadian Championships, the Halifax Pride Committee presented "Queers On Ice", an LGBTQ+ public skate on the Emera Oval.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2015 – Adam Rippon came out in an interview with Amy Rosewater in "Skating" magazine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2016 - Spanish Olympian Javier Raya publicly came out by sharing a photo with his partner on Instagram.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2017 - Canadian LGBTQ+ Olympian Shawn Sawyer took center stage in Cirque du Soleil's first ice production "Crystal".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/99NAMLZHwKw" width="320" youtube-src-id="99NAMLZHwKw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Shawn Sawyer</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2017 – Olympic Bronze Medallist Timothy Goebel married his partner in Rhode Island.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2017 – Swiss Olympian Jamal Othman and French ice dance coach Romain Haguenauer married in Montreal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2017 - Skate Canada joined the LGBTQI2S Sport Inclusion Task Force.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpixajCLNsekp6sGDo0A4vzu2mD7MxOi2X3b615XT8ZCFqt34YlpTeXNu40mzyiKBJpPVwNgrs4lOClom2MHa1thhcTKx3F8rSddmmwjst7T8YLEhj9-lvx2VQy4yNYy-GHoSjupDSORY/s1280/thumbnail_image2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="682" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpixajCLNsekp6sGDo0A4vzu2mD7MxOi2X3b615XT8ZCFqt34YlpTeXNu40mzyiKBJpPVwNgrs4lOClom2MHa1thhcTKx3F8rSddmmwjst7T8YLEhj9-lvx2VQy4yNYy-GHoSjupDSORY/w341-h640/thumbnail_image2.jpg" width="341" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Poster advertising a Baltimore screening of "The Ice King"</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2018 - James Erskine's brilliant documentary "The Ice King" highlights the story of Olympic Gold Medallist John Curry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2018 - Fifty-eight medals were awarded for the figure skating events at the Gay Games in Paris. The winners included Alexandra Ievleva, Michael Solonoski and Mauro Bruni.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2018 – Karina Manta came out as bisexual. The following year, Manta and partner Joe Johnson made history as the first openly LGBTQ+ ice dance duo to compete at the U.S. Championships. Their free dance based on LGBTQ+ icon's Annie Lennox's hit "Sweet Dreams" earned a standing ovation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tCugp67NNmU" width="320" youtube-src-id="tCugp67NNmU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Karina Manta and Joe Johnson's "Sweet Dreams" free dance from the 2019 U.S. Championships</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2018 – Adam Rippon made history as the first openly gay Olympic figure skater from the United States and the first gay man to win Dancing With The Stars. He served as the Grand Marshal of the Celebrity Cruises Pride At Sea cruise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2018 – Jorik Hendrickx came out publicly in an interview in the Belgian LGBTQ+ magazine "ZiZo". Scott Dyer talked about coming out and his journey as a gay skater on "Outsports".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2019 - Skate Canada implemented its Trans Inclusion Policy "to ensure that Skate Canada has a diverse and inclusive, barrier-free environment where every employee, Board member, skater, official, coach, volunteer, and affiliate organizations of Skate Canada feels valued, respected and supported."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2019 – Timothy LeDuc won the U.S. senior pairs title. They are the first openly LGBTQ+ pairs skater to win a gold medal at the U.S. Championships.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Hx-pTEtsq9dz4ERTAcap4ReQNtQU9KcEA9u-g34YmAeBbwl17UVm9lHE-WeKU7C8XTEbpGvyGdKKY3Fs4E0VhDpsPZLl-6JaNQGqen3pTv7IQ84YaLKn826JKOg3oR0KHP6qHfdR4fk/s1600/Junior_Ladies_Awards_033+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1066" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Hx-pTEtsq9dz4ERTAcap4ReQNtQU9KcEA9u-g34YmAeBbwl17UVm9lHE-WeKU7C8XTEbpGvyGdKKY3Fs4E0VhDpsPZLl-6JaNQGqen3pTv7IQ84YaLKn826JKOg3oR0KHP6qHfdR4fk/w426-h640/Junior_Ladies_Awards_033+%25281%2529.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Amber Glenn</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2019 - Amber Glenn came out as bisexual/pansexual in an interview with the "Dallas Voice". Rachel Parsons came out as bisexual via a Tweet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2019 – U.S. Junior Champion Eliot Halverson came out as non-binary in an Instagram post. Two years later, U.S. Figure Skating featured her story as part of its Centenary celebrations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2020 - The International Skating Union revised its Code Of Ethics to protect skaters from facing discrimination because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics. Previously, the amended article had stated, "Persons subject to this Code of Ethics shall not discriminate in any kind against anyone on the basis of reasons such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, or athletic ability."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VhhiX3vIUdQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="VhhiX3vIUdQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jeremy Abbott's interview on SkateProud</span></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2020 – Olympic Medallists Jeremy Abbott and Guillaume Cizeron came out publicly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2020 - On National Coming Out Day, Kelly Rippon shared a touching video message for her son Adam through Good Morning America's digital platforms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2020 - SkateProud chat launched on YouTube and Instagram Live. The videocast presents a series of wonderful interviews with LGBTQ+ figure skaters and allies past and present. Guests included Guillaume Cizeron, Eric Radford, Rachel Nevares, Shawn Sawyer and Amber Glenn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfvUQVYS6BnUR6AKXr5_-Z3vE2NapkhpqEAfkpWpNAQrc7ecIkkqX1LMEGMBWKJwfkVCWWOgEriK7by6xhkyhjAP52pjtNhfjHhR5BfePp1XRyiBL4N9D46qs41VE9rQsRZsAaamnaf0/s400/dancing-ice-colin-ratushniak-signed_360_48441baa00cc96fe9c75963d5cccc876.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfvUQVYS6BnUR6AKXr5_-Z3vE2NapkhpqEAfkpWpNAQrc7ecIkkqX1LMEGMBWKJwfkVCWWOgEriK7by6xhkyhjAP52pjtNhfjHhR5BfePp1XRyiBL4N9D46qs41VE9rQsRZsAaamnaf0/s16000/dancing-ice-colin-ratushniak-signed_360_48441baa00cc96fe9c75963d5cccc876.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Colin Ratushniak</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2020 – Dancing On Ice star Colin Ratushniak was elected mayor of the town of La Ronge, Saskatchewan. He is the town's first openly gay mayor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2021 – Amber Glenn made history as the first openly pansexual skater to win a medal at the U.S. Championships.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2dGdzaxw-ZUjoDFQzLpOjQ8C-F2AOTKK4MEvQY8VdLY1nxK-LTHNQe844gKYySh53qMeQNC__wIDopWg4nINb-R4-Gm5U1ALFG_BzS2uKfm00N41aStvGnxpa4DiTE5AuPn9G-64_ZU/s1600/s-l1600+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1262" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2dGdzaxw-ZUjoDFQzLpOjQ8C-F2AOTKK4MEvQY8VdLY1nxK-LTHNQe844gKYySh53qMeQNC__wIDopWg4nINb-R4-Gm5U1ALFG_BzS2uKfm00N41aStvGnxpa4DiTE5AuPn9G-64_ZU/w252-h320/s-l1600+%25282%2529.jpg" width="252" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BiWcwY7l0Z2Zs9g9_Rw4dG1z26jyYCWOjemigKbcL8iFvk61d8dMBqRZ-UfWyteliJOz30E5VSzNRR8gPXM2EmpvbbykdRK3oKCQw0j7lp-p2Ygac7HR_gMtBJmtomhY0m_XDFy5fW4/s1600/s-l1600+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1053" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BiWcwY7l0Z2Zs9g9_Rw4dG1z26jyYCWOjemigKbcL8iFvk61d8dMBqRZ-UfWyteliJOz30E5VSzNRR8gPXM2EmpvbbykdRK3oKCQw0j7lp-p2Ygac7HR_gMtBJmtomhY0m_XDFy5fW4/s320/s-l1600+%25283%2529.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Left: Jason Brown. Right: Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2021 – Kaitlyn Weaver, Paul Poirier, Jason Brown and Jeremy Ten came out publicly. Between them, these four fabulous LGBTQ+ skaters won thirty-four medals as seniors at their respective National Championships.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2021 – Six Olympic athletes from France, including K茅vin Aymoz, come out at once in the Canal+ documentary "Faut qu’on parle".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2021 - Cordero Zuckerman, the 2010 Pacific Coast novice men's bronze medallist, lip-synced for their life as alter ego Denali Foxx on the thirteenth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IIekgKYehyM" width="320" youtube-src-id="IIekgKYehyM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Denali Foxx on ice</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2021 - The International Skating Union released its Transgender Policy to address the eligibility of trans athletes in international figure skating competitions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2021 - U.S. Figure Skating celebrated LGBTQ+ skating history as part of its Centenary Celebrations. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2022 - The Skating Club of Boston hosted Be Here! Be You!, an LGBTQ+ Skating and Dancing Party benefiting the Boston Children's Hospital Center For Gender Surgery. Among those in attendance were World Champions Randy Gardner and Dr. Tenley Albright.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2022 - Skate Canada updated its definition of 'team' in pairs and ice dancers to be inclusive of partnerships of all genders. 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</li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2017/05/'> May </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(13)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2017/04/'> April </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(13)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2017/03/'> March </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(11)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2017/02/'> February </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(10)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2017/01/'> January </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(11)</span> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2016/'> 2016 </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(155)</span> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2016/12/'> December </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(12)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2016/11/'> November </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(11)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2016/10/'> October </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(13)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2016/09/'> September </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(12)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> 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</li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2016/04/'> April </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(13)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2016/03/'> March </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(14)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2016/02/'> February </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(12)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  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dir='ltr'>(13)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2015/10/'> October </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(15)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2015/09/'> September </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(15)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='https://www.skateguardblog.com/2015/08/'> August </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(14)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> 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