USA's Brittany Bowe became the only openly LGBTQ+ athlete at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to carry her country's flag at the opening ceremonies. This year's number of openly LGBTQ+ athletes is double what it has been in any other Winter Olympics, at 35.
186 openly LGBTQ+ athletes competed in the summer olympics, bringing home 33 medals. One big difference is that men are more willing to come out, as in 2018, just four of the 15 openly LGBTQ+ athletes were men.
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