Greg Louganis on Caitlyn Jenner: 'We All Have Our Own Journeys', Greg Louganis communicated sympathy for individual LGBT Olympian Caitlyn Jenner.
The gay jumper, who won Olympic gold awards in 1984 and 1988, opened up about the ways LGBT competitors take, as they measure the dangers of turning out in a stadium that may not be inviting.
"We all have our excursions. Whether you're gay, straight, promiscuous, transgender, we all have our own adventures," he said at an occasion advancing his new narrative, Greg Louganis: Back on Board,
The 55-year-old Olympian said that he "had no clue" about Jenner's stuggle with her sex character all through their athletic professions. They both contended at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where Jenner won the men's decathlon and Louganis earned a silver award.
"Our ways haven't crossed since she transitioned, however I'm looking forward [to seeing her]" he said.
Their individual stories show how financial motivators may keep LGBT competitors closeted. At the crest of their athletic professions, Jenner won lucrative underwriting arrangements, for example, being the face and representative of Wheaties grain.
Interestingly, Louganis confronted challenges getting such open doors. Indeed, even before turning out as gay in 1992, and later, as HIV-positive in 1995, he trusts his sexual introduction was an open mystery that may have shut entryways.
At the point when inquired as to whether his sexuality may have been an element in not being procured by NBC Sports as a reporter in the mid 90s, he reacted that disgrace against his status was a greater amount of an issue.
"I think in '92 it was more apprehension of my wellbeing status... in '92, individuals were all the while kicking the bucket," he says in regards to the AIDS emergency.
In present day, Louganis is a mentor, a motivational speaker, and is situated to be a reporter of the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro with an alternate system.
His narrative, coordinated by Cheryl Furjanic, tells his own trip. It makes a big appearance Tuesday on HBO. Watch the trailer beneath.
The gay jumper, who won Olympic gold awards in 1984 and 1988, opened up about the ways LGBT competitors take, as they measure the dangers of turning out in a stadium that may not be inviting.
"We all have our excursions. Whether you're gay, straight, promiscuous, transgender, we all have our own adventures," he said at an occasion advancing his new narrative, Greg Louganis: Back on Board,
The 55-year-old Olympian said that he "had no clue" about Jenner's stuggle with her sex character all through their athletic professions. They both contended at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where Jenner won the men's decathlon and Louganis earned a silver award.
"Our ways haven't crossed since she transitioned, however I'm looking forward [to seeing her]" he said.
Their individual stories show how financial motivators may keep LGBT competitors closeted. At the crest of their athletic professions, Jenner won lucrative underwriting arrangements, for example, being the face and representative of Wheaties grain.
Interestingly, Louganis confronted challenges getting such open doors. Indeed, even before turning out as gay in 1992, and later, as HIV-positive in 1995, he trusts his sexual introduction was an open mystery that may have shut entryways.
At the point when inquired as to whether his sexuality may have been an element in not being procured by NBC Sports as a reporter in the mid 90s, he reacted that disgrace against his status was a greater amount of an issue.
"I think in '92 it was more apprehension of my wellbeing status... in '92, individuals were all the while kicking the bucket," he says in regards to the AIDS emergency.
In present day, Louganis is a mentor, a motivational speaker, and is situated to be a reporter of the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro with an alternate system.
His narrative, coordinated by Cheryl Furjanic, tells his own trip. It makes a big appearance Tuesday on HBO. Watch the trailer beneath.
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