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Last week, American figure skater Adam Rippon made history as the first openly gay man to qualify for the U.S. team at the winter Olympics.
Last week, American figure skater Adam Rippon made history as the first openly gay man to qualify for the U.S. team at the winter Olympics. Rippon, 28, will join fellow skaters Nathan Chen and Vincent Zhou representing America in Pyeongchang, South Korea next month.
Just so we're clear about the talent we're dealing with here:
Rippon has been a loud, proud voice of queerness during this season's qualifying competitions:
Now, another openly gay skater has joined the competition: pairs skater Eric Radford, who will be competing with his partner Meagan Duhamel for Canada.
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To be clear, this is Radford:
It's looking like this year's games will be a very important and exciting viewing experience for us all.
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