Tom Daley just added another “most excellent” medal to his roster

British Olympic diver Tom Daley at the 2012 Olympic Victory Parade holding his bronze medal
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Olympic Gold Medalist Tom Daley celebrated yet another milestone this weekend: his home country of the UK awarded him the coveted title of the OBE, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, for his queer rights activism and contributions to athletics.

Daley, 27, received the order on New Year’s Day and used the moment to call for broader acceptance of LGBTQ people.

“I feel it’s almost like a responsibility to make the whole Commonwealth a better place for LGBT people, for women, for people of color, to make it a more inclusive and more accepting environment,” he told morning program BBC Breakfast. “It is now my responsibility to try and help create change and help create this environment where everybody can be anything that they want, no matter where they came from.”

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