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In addition to Adam coming out while still competing, more breakthroughs and milestones!
1. Karina Manta and Joe Johnson made history at the 2019 U.S. Figure Skating Championships by becoming the first openly LGBTQ competitive ice dance team
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lgbtq-duo-ice-dance-their-way-history-books-n963626
Ice dancing partners Karina Manta and Joe Johnson made history this weekend at the 2019 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit by becoming the first openly LGBTQ competitive ice dance team. “This team is a part of the LGBTQ community and has talked a lot about that, embraced talking about it this week,” NBC Sports commentator Terry Gannon said as the duo stepped on the ice. Skating to Eurythmics’ 1983 synth-pop anthem “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” Manta, 22, and Johnson, 24, performed their way to a standing ovation and a 7th-place finish. The skating partners — who both came out publicly in October — also challenged the traditional gender roles that have long defined their sport.
2. Timothy LeDuc becomes first openly queer pairs skater to win gold at US Championships
https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/timothy-leduc-queer-skater-gold/
‘I believe I am the first openly queer person to win the US pairs title,’ LeDuc told Team USA. He brought up previous skaters Rudy Galindo and Randy Gardner, but acknowledged they weren’t out when they won gold. Galindo won first in the seniors pair division at the US Championship twice. The first was in the 1988-89 season and the second was the following season. He came out as gay in 1996. Gardner, meanwhile, won gold in the seniors pair division at the US Championship five years in a row, from 1975 to 1980, with his partner Tai Babilonia. He came out in 2006.
1. Karina Manta and Joe Johnson made history at the 2019 U.S. Figure Skating Championships by becoming the first openly LGBTQ competitive ice dance team
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lgbtq-duo-ice-dance-their-way-history-books-n963626
Ice dancing partners Karina Manta and Joe Johnson made history this weekend at the 2019 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit by becoming the first openly LGBTQ competitive ice dance team. “This team is a part of the LGBTQ community and has talked a lot about that, embraced talking about it this week,” NBC Sports commentator Terry Gannon said as the duo stepped on the ice. Skating to Eurythmics’ 1983 synth-pop anthem “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” Manta, 22, and Johnson, 24, performed their way to a standing ovation and a 7th-place finish. The skating partners — who both came out publicly in October — also challenged the traditional gender roles that have long defined their sport.
2. Timothy LeDuc becomes first openly queer pairs skater to win gold at US Championships
https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/timothy-leduc-queer-skater-gold/
‘I believe I am the first openly queer person to win the US pairs title,’ LeDuc told Team USA. He brought up previous skaters Rudy Galindo and Randy Gardner, but acknowledged they weren’t out when they won gold. Galindo won first in the seniors pair division at the US Championship twice. The first was in the 1988-89 season and the second was the following season. He came out as gay in 1996. Gardner, meanwhile, won gold in the seniors pair division at the US Championship five years in a row, from 1975 to 1980, with his partner Tai Babilonia. He came out in 2006.
