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During the 1976 Winter Games in Innsbruck athletes such as John Curry from Great Britain were outed before the closing ceremony

Source: http://inmagazine.ca/2018/02/important-moments-history-lgbt-olympians/

Adding an image of Cindy Ouellet as she was the only openly gay athlete at the 2018 Paralympic games

Insert image of the Pride House as they are dedicated temporary location designed to play host to LGBT athletes at the olympic games

2018 Winter Paralympics[ edit]
At least one openly LGBT athlete competed in the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang.


 * Cindy Ouellet (Canada, Cross-country skiing)

Editing this as Cindy Ouellet is a Paralympic wheelchair basketball player not a cross-country skier

Adding a section about how Historically athletes were discriminated against due to their sexuality

Adding a section about the Gay Games which was founded by former Olympian Tom Waddell- included 1,350 athletes

The Gay games are referenced in the article yet, the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) is not so I will be adding this section.

Add this under the Russian games section

In the face of mounting anti-gay pressure, the Russian LGBT Sport Federation will host a gay-friendly sport event in Moscow this month to boost gay pride and provide a positive image of LGBT Russians.

Konstantin Yablotsky, a 30-year-old high school chemistry teacher and male co-president of the federation, says the Russian Open Games, planned from Feb.26 to March2, will include 200 participants from seven countries -- Russia, Netherlands, France, Germany, Britain, USA and Canada -- during the break between the Olympics and Paralympics.

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History of LGBT Athletes in the Olympic Games
According to the LGBTI Olympic historian Tony Scupham-Bilton, at least 170 LGBTI athletes have competed as Olympians, dating back to at least 1928. That’s when a young German runner named Otto Peltzer took the track for Germany. “Otto the Strange,” as he was known, was one of the athletic glories of the Weimar Republic, setting both national and world middle-distance track records in the 1920s. Despite his success, he failed to medal in either the ’28 or ’32 Games. The take over of the Nazi Party caused a crackdown on Gay athletes, and while there had been anti-gay law's in Germany for 60 years they were never fully enforced until the Nazi's took over. Peltzer was arrested and convicted on charges that he fornicated with young runners. Stella Walsh was scrutinized for her gender while competing at the games after being accused that she was a man posing as a woman. Athlete's who have been accused of competing as the wrong gender have been subject to invasive physical examinations.

Members of the LGBT community have been competing at the games for years. Lesbians make up the largerst portion of known LGBT athletes including some of the greatest of all time. Babe Didrikson Zaharias who was a professional golfer was named the AP Top Woman Athlete of the Century as she also brought back two gold medals and a silver in track and field at the 1932 Olympic Games.

The Gay Games were founded by former Olympian Tom Waddell and originally went from 28th Aug- 5th Sep 1982. Hosted in San Fransisco. The Gay Games have continued with the next being planned for 12 - 19 November 2022 in

Hong Kong this will be the first time the games have been to Asia