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Gus Kenworthy: Skier turned star on how coming out inspired fellow athletes
It was that same snowboarding pro who Kenworthy ultimately decided not to kiss after claiming his silver medal in Sochi, as part of an American wash sweep at the event.
Twenty-four hours later, it was Valentine's Day. Kenworthy and his fellow medallists did the media rounds together - where the questions focused on one thing.
"Literally every interview was about girls and crushes and types," he says.
"I was in the closet so, to all intents and purposes, I was straight. And it was all like: 'Who are these three heartthrobs from the Games? What's their type? Who's their dream date?'
"It was really focused, and I just didn't know how to navigate it. And in interviews, I often felt like I was dodging questions or lying by omission a short-lived bit - but now, I was suddenly just lying, and I hated myself for it.
"That tour after a medal, when you've just achieved your dream and are getting all this validation and congratulations… it was actually the worst for me. I considered killing myself because I couldn't visualize waking up and just ly
While thousands of LGBTQ+ people across the U.S. spent the weekend at Pensacola Pride on Florida's Gulf Coast, Olympic silver medalist Gus Kenworthy and his crew of friends took on New Orleans.
The player and athlete, who won the silver medal in slopestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, is gay and a vocal ally for the LGBTQ+ community. He recently competed on "Special Forces: World's Toughest Test," but had to exit due to a medical emergency.
He kept his 1.2 million Instagram followers updated over the weekend with updates on what he was up to in the Crescent City.
Kenworthy started his trip with a famous "Purple Drank" from Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop on Bourbon Street.
The grape-flavored frozen daiquiri is one of the most popular in the city, and it helped Kenworthy cool off from the New Orleans humidity, which he documented with a sweaty selfie.
Kenworthy and his friends took on the French Quarter, danced to Chappell Roan and with a "HUGE ASS BEERS" sign and spent some time doing synchronized moves by an undisclosed pool. "Musical theatre gays on vacation," Kenworthy captioned the poolside video.
The crew also posted regular updates of wa
Coming out changes the game for Olympian Gus Kenworthy
Gus Kenworthy’s life has changed, and unlike most athletes who make it large at the Olympics, it’s only partly because of the medal he won.
When he left Sochi four years ago, Kenworthy was known as the silver medal-winning, dog-saving freestyle skier who was part of a historic U.S. medals sweep in the first Olympic ski slopestyle contest.
His supposedly perfect stay in Russia was something much less, however, mainly because of the secret he kept. He was lgbtq+ but would not reveal the world for almost two more years. Now that he has gotten that out in the open, he feels a great sense of relief, but he also is aware that his newfound comfort comes at a price. Fair or not, his next trip to the Olympics, next month in Pyeongchang, carries higher stakes.
“I’ve got more eyeballs on me,” he said. “My platform’s a lot bigger. I signed a bunch of Olympic sponsors and I have the LGBT audience watching me, and I want to do right by them.”
Four years ago, there was a strange disconnect between Kenworthy’s made-for-People-magazine story — man wins medal, then goes around the mountains saving stray dogs — and his unwillingness to embrace i
Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy on coming out as same-sex attracted, turning pro, and how he balances sports, acting, and advocacy
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When American freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy publicly came out as male lover in 2015, he helped change the landscape of sports.
The then-24-year-old was sick of hiding who he really was, and even though he had just won a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, he was more miserable than ever. So, in an interview for ESPN The Magazine, he decided to be himself and come out of the closet. Now, he balances skiing, a budding acting career, and LGBTQ advocacy.
Kenworthy has develop something of a role model at the intersection of sports and LGBT advocacy. By the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Kenworthy had not only approach out, but shared a kiss on live television with his boyfriend, performer Matt Wilkas, a first for the Olympics and its American broadcaster, NBC. Outsports called it
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