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8 August 2012
Matthew Mitcham ‘most influential Australian Olympian on Twitter’ 11 Openly gay gold medal-winning diver Matthew Mitcham is the most influential athlete on the Australian team at this year's London Olympics, according to a PR firm in his home country.
8 August 2012
Team gold for Britain’s only openly gay Olympian Carl Hester 14 The only openly gay Olympian in Team GB has helped his equestrian team secure gold at the London Olympics.
7 August 2012
George Michael confirms appearance in Olympics closing ceremony 6 George Michael has confirmed rumours he will appear in the London Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday, suggesting it had been a poorly-kept secret.
2 August 2012
Video: Diver Greg Louganis ‘did not think he would see 30′ after HIV diagnosis 2 Olympic diver Greg Louganis has said at the time of his diagnoses with HIV in 1988 he believed he would not live to the age of 30.
1 August 2012
Olympics accused of lack of action against discrimination ahead of LGBT sports event 21 Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has once again called on the International Olympic Committee to take decisive action against homophobic and transphobic discrimination, ahead of an LGBT sports event planned for this Saturday.
1 August 2012
Call for policing guidance after Tom Daley gay hate and death threat tweets 51 Following threatening and anti-gay tweets sent to young British diver Tom Daley, police have said they are currently forced to 'make it up as they go along' in Twitter abuse cases, as the 17-year-old behind the original message received anti-gay abuse from the public.
31 July 2012
South African archer comes out at Olympics 10 South African archer Karen Hultzer has confirmed for the first time she is a lesbian at the London Olympics.
31 July 2012
Comment: Why are there so few openly gay athletes at London 2012? 80 If there were truly enough gay athletes arriving at the capital to crash Grindr, Professor Gregory Woods asks why only twenty or so are open about their sexual orientation at this year's Olympics.
24 July 2012
Hate crime vigils organiser brings Olympic torch to Soho 6 The organiser of the 17-24-30 hate crime vigils paused with his Olympic torch in Soho yesterday to remember victims of anti-gay crimes after running in the official relay in south London.
22 July 2012
Tabloid claims global Grindr outage caused by overactive Olympic athletes 29 The arrival of thousands of athletes and their national support staff caused the gay networking app Grindr to crash a British tabloid newspaper claims.
20 July 2012
Protest planned over anti-gay Olympic states 19 A protest is being planned outside an International Olympic Committee meeting this weekend to petition it to disqualify states which discriminate against citizens on the grounds of sexual orientation in sport.
20 July 2012
Gay rugby club chair joins Olympic torch relay in London this weekend + The chairman of the London inclusive gay rugby club the King's Cross Steelers will carry the Olympic torch this weekend.
19 July 2012
14 openly gay and lesbian athletes to compete in London Olympics 47 At least 14 out gay and lesbian athletes will be competing in London's Olympic Games.
19 July 2012
EU backs exhibition at new Pride House for London Olympics 1 The European Union has pledged financial support for an exhibition on pioneering gay sport figures at the newly-resurrected Pride House 2012.
19 July 2012
Man donates Olympic torch for anti-homophobia theatre workshops 2 An Olympic torch-bearer from Oldham has donated his torch to the gay Pink Triangle Theatre he co-founded for use in its workshops tackling homophobia in schools.
16 July 2012
Australian Olympic athlete in anti-straight room discrimination claim 38 An Australian gunman competing at the London Olympics has said it is 'stupid' he and his wife are not allowed to share a room while 'tons of gay couples' representing Australia can.
13 July 2012
New Pride House launched for London Olympics 55 A new Pride House festival has been launched for the London Olympics at the last minute after a lack of sponsorship meant the original event was cancelled.
12 July 2012
Call to ban anti-gay countries from London Olympics 134 Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell is calling on the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to ban anti-gay countries from the events this summer.
30 May 2012
Gay Sports Day to return this year following London Olympics 6 The Gay Sports Day will return for 2012, slipping in to the capital's summer's calendar between the London Olympic and Paralympic games on the August Bank Holiday.
8 May 2012
US gymnastics hopeful comes out as gay ahead of Olympics 23 US gymnast Josh Dixon has come out during his bid to represent the US at the London Olympics this year in a move which would make him the country's first openly gay gymnast at the competition.

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