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    LGBTQ Women To Watch Out For In The 2018 Games

    The 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics have the most openly LGBTQ athletes in history.
    by Emily Sullivan Feb 18, 2018 2 minutes
    PYEONGCHANG - Iraschko-Stolz jumps during a practice run at the 2018 Winter Games. (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

    Gus Kenworthy and Adam Rippon made history in 2018 by being the first openly out, gay male athletes representing the United States in the Winter Olympics. It's been a momentous year for LGBTQ representation, with a reported record number of 15 out LGBTQ athletes, according to Outsports.

    That's an accomplishment, after the 2014 Sochi Winter Games saw the arrests of "To put it mildly, the Russian government Openly gay, two-time Olympic snowboarder Belle Brockhoff, of Australia, for her safety during her time in Sochi.

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