Gus Kenworthy, World Champion Skier, Comes Out as Gay

[joeybee12]

World champion skier Gus Kenworthy, who won a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, has come out as gay.

The 24-year-old Olympic medalist and top freeskier in the world revealed the news in an interview with ESPN The Magazine published on Thursday.

"I am gay," Kenworthy said in posts on Twitter and Facebook in which he shared the cover of the latest issue of the magazine.





I am gay. pic.twitter.com/086ayvChq2
— Gus Kenworthy (@guskenworthy) October 22, 2015




"Wow, it feels good to write those words," he said on Facebook. "For most of my life, I've been afraid to embrace that truth about myself. Recently though, I've gotten to the point where the pain of holding onto the lie is greater than the fear of letting go, and I'm very proud to finally be letting my guard down."

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/sochi-olympics/gus-kenworthy-world-champion-skier-comes-out-gay-n449326

[BeeBee]

1. Yay! Good for him!

I remember him from the Olympics when he rescued the puppies.

[joeybee12]

2. He still has two of them...

And his mother took the mother of the puppies. Hooray!