Finding Quote by Gus Kenworthy

I hope that any gay kids see me as beacon of light, not just in sport but in general.

— Gus Kenworthy

I think I was probably looking for gay role models when I was younger, before I even knew or thought I was gay. I…

— Brandi Carlile

Somewhere behind the athlete i've become, the hours of practice, the coaches that pushed me, the team-mates that believed in me, the fans that…

— Nathan Josey

I just didn't fit the stereotypes of gay men. I was an ESPN addict as far back as elementary school. I'd also had early…

— Steve Kornacki

When I was growing up I didn't know what it meant to be a happy, successful grown-up gay person, and now I do. I…

— Ross Mathews

I didn't know any gay people in my childhood.

— Dolly Parton

I went to many games with my dad, Kevin, and looked up to the players. It's surreal that now young fans are looking up…

— Aaron Ramsey

I came out to my parents as gay, and then I realized, you know, four or five years later, that I wasn't really happy,…

— Candis Cayne

For me, as a kid, I always felt like being gay was something that was going make people turn on me.

— Gus Kenworthy

I didn't see anybody in the media or on TV that played sports that looked like me. I didn't have those things growing up.…

— Cain Velasquez

Growing up as a gay boy in West Texas, I definitely felt like a bit of an outcast sometimes - that there was a…

— Michael Arden

Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can…

— Sally Pearson