“I would not consider myself in the closet before posting this, so I don’t really consider it coming out,” Cizeron said. The same goes for ice dancer Guillaume Cizeron of France, who came out in 2020 by posting a photo of him and his boyfriend, then wondered what all the fuss was about. Outsports wrote Ambrosini and he said, “Yes, I identify as gay and I’m out.”
This increase is due to the greater level of acceptance in society and sports, according to skaters who have come out, with social media being a big driver.įor example, Italian pairs skater Filippo Ambrosini never had a public coming out moment, but his Instagram account has numerous photos of him and his male partner, making it seemingly obvious that he is LGBTQ. The number was zero in 2014 and three in 2018. When the Winter Olympics figure skating competition starts in Beijing, there will be a record eight out gay men in either singles, pairs or dance.
