LGBTQ people are being outed at the Tokyo Olympics. The potential ramifications are huge.
, which will create new opportunities for trans Olympians around the world.
At the end of the day, he says, it’s about respecting the privacy of a person’s data, which in this case was exploited by some Grindr users. Canadian midfielder Quinn, right, blazed a trail for nonbinary visibility during the Tokyo Olympics. “Gossip columns readily delved into public figures’ personal lives and also their problems without permission, but those same columnists considered gay the last taboo — virtually unspeakable,” Musto tells Yahoo Life of that era. “Writers like Signorile and myself were trying to remove that taboo while also urging celebs to come out at a time when many gays were dying awful deaths from AIDS, homophobia was rising and more visibility was desperately needed.
“Social networks complicate things because every person on earth is a potential gossip columnist and has access to all kinds of information and innuendo,” adds Musto. “Apps like Grindr are the new gay bars, and many public figures are risking exposure by going on them. I doubt that the TikTokers have any noble motivations — it seems purely salacious, and they’re putting some athletes at great risk in their countries.
“In the 2018 Winter Olympics, the most endorsed athlete was an openly gay athlete, Gus Kenworthy,” Cyd Zeigler, founder of, tells Yahoo Life. “We know corporations are looking to wrap themselves around values of courage and strength and determination — and these are the very values that our athletes represent.”
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