THE RAINBOW ROAD
TO TOKYO
Listen to the stories of some of the LGBTQIA+ Olympian and Paralympian athletes taking part in the Tokyo 2021 Games...
At the next Olympic Games, there will be a record number of out-LGBT competitors - but barriers to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans participation in sport continues to be hard to shake off. Prejudice remains rife all over the world, including in the U.K.
In celebrating the achievements of those who have beaten the stigma to get to the greatest sporting show on earth, we're bringing you the stories from some of the Tokyo games' LGBTQIA+ athletes, in their own words.
These features are produced by MIM with support from The Audio Content Fund
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Megan Jones
Georgia Simmerling
Sanne Van Dijke
Image Credit: Aniek Verschuur Fotografie - Zeth
Aoife Cooke
Image Credit: John Starrett
Moran Samuel
Image Credit: Detlev Syeb, Daniel Rowing Centre
Kayla Miracle
Celia Quansah
Jude Hamer
Image Credit: British Wheelchair Basketball
Tom Bosworth
Natalie Powell
Robyn Love
Image Credit: Eurosport
Lauren Rowles
Image Credit: British Rowing
Markus Thormeyer
Image Credit: Scott Grant, Swimming Canada
Laurie Williams
Image Credit: CC BY-SA 4.0 Hawkeye
Julian Vernonsky
Image Credit: UKRowing
Ria Percival
Image Credit: FIFA
Stephanie Labbé
Image Credit: Canada Soccer
Chelsea Wolfe
Hannah Wilkinson
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