The 2016 Summer Olympics Will Be The Gayest In History

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio don’t officially kick off until tonight, but already this year is breaking records.

The games will have the most publicly out LGBTQ athletes in Olympic history, which a whopping 44 athletes (plus three coaches) from all across the world. That’s up from 23 in 2012.

Outsports and LGBTQ historian Tony Scupham-Bilton have been keeping very close tabs on all the out athletes competing this year and, they say, the number will likely grow as they continue their coverage.

“We expect the list to grow as more athletes are revealed to be out,” editors write. “This often occurs on team sports in Europe or in lesser-know sports where athletes are out but haven’t gotten much publicity.”

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