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Do I have to wear short hair?

It was really difficult. When year-old Kori Schagunn was growing up, she was an avid figure skating fan. Gay Olympic ice skater Paul Poirier has announced his engagement to long-term boyfriend Kevin in a cute and low-key Instagram post. At the Toyota U.

Figure Skating Championships, she also became the first out U. Learn more about how Glenn's strides have inspired her fans to be their most authentic selves. The U. Orsborn, who came out to her parents insays she struggled with denial over her sexuality for a long time.

But Schagunn, who came out as a lesbian eight years ago, never saw herself represented in the sport she loved so much.

List of LGBTQ Winter : Archived from the original on September 18, Retrieved March 21, ^ Bierly, Mandi (February Canadian Olympic ice skater Paul Poirier has announced that his has gotten engaged to long-term boyfriend Kevin

Do I have to start looking like that? And then she did. And my message is: It won't limit you, either. Is that a thing? There have been at least 39 gay men to compete in figure skating at the Winter Olympic Games over the years, with eight publicly out men competing in LGBT historian Tony Scupham-Bilton has.

It was so sweet. She fell in love with the sport watching Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan duel at the Olympic Winter Games, and from then on all she wanted to do was skate. And that is what she did from age 8 to 19, competing in and winning the Northwest Regional Championships.

I kind of struggled with labeling myself for ages because of this. The year-old had grown up without any out pansexual role models. I can be me and still achieve these goals, still go to nationals and these kinds of things.

But having even one out female skater helps enormously, she says, and means only good things for the future of diversity within the sport. There have to be more. It feels different. Glenn followed in Across the world in Bath, England, Deanna Jones was also taking notice.

This doesn't limit me — and it shouldn't. That the governing body of U. 16 Gay and Bi Olympic Figure Skaters When Adam Rippon competes at the Olympics this year, it will be the first time an openly gay figure skater represents the United States in an individual event.