Olympic Channel podcast: Pride stories with Weaver, Poirier and Brown

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Pride month: Olympic figure skaters Brown, Weaver, Poirier share coming out stories

Jason Brown, Kaitlyn Weaver and Paul Poirier each came out publicly in separate posts on 11 June 2021.

olympics.com

The posts appeared within hours of one another, but there was no coordination among them.
On 11 June 2021, Olympic figure skaters Jason Brown, Kaitlyn Weaver and Paul Poirier each took to social media to share their own public coming out messages - a day that was met with celebration by many in the sport, as well as within the LGBTQ+ community. [...]
This week, the trio features on the Olympics podcast, where they discuss their personal journeys, the challenges they've faced, and what needs to change within the sport of figure skating to make it more encouraging and accepting for all.

Direct link to listen to their 30-minute chat: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-jason-brown-kaitlyn-weaver-paul-poirier-pride

The LGBTQ+ community officially welcomed three Olympic figure skaters when they came out on June 11, 2021. Jason Brown, Kaitlyn Weaver, and Paul Poirier joined Nick McCarvel to talk about why they chose this moment to share, why they feel it's more important than ever to do so, and provide insight into the support and challenges around coming out while involved in elite figure skating.

ETA that I just noticed that @AngieNikodinovLove has started a new LGBTQ+ in figure skating thread here: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/lgbtq-in-figure-skating.108407/

Jason and Paul talk a little bit about their respective preparations for the Olympic season starting around the 26-minute mark.

 

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Pride month: Olympic figure skaters Brown, Weaver, Poirier share coming out stories

Jason Brown, Kaitlyn Weaver and Paul Poirier each came out publicly in separate posts on 11 June 2021.

olympics.com

Direct link to listen to their 30-minute chat: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-jason-brown-kaitlyn-weaver-paul-poirier-pride

ETA that I just noticed that @AngieNikodinovLove has started a new LGBTQ+ in figure skating thread here: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/lgbtq-in-figure-skating.108407/

Jason and Paul talk a little bit about their respective preparations for the Olympic season starting around the 26-minute mark.

Thank you for posting! It seemed that a LOT of skaters decided to 'come out' this past Pride Month. Great to see!