A record number of LGBT athletes heading to the Tokyo Olympics

July 13, 2021 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, HEROES & HISTORY, HISTORY, SPORTS Comments Off on A record number of LGBT athletes heading to the Tokyo Olympics
From left, Megan Rapinoe (soccer, USA); Douglas Souza (volleyball, Brazil); Yulimar Rojas (triple jump, Venezuela); Alexandra Lacrabère (handball, France) and Tom Bosworth (race walking, Britain). (Photos by Getty Images. Photo illustration by Shelby Weldon/Outsports)

At least 121 publicly out gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and nonbinary athletes are headed to Tokyo for the Summer Olympic Games, more than double the number who participated at the 2016 Rio Games.

The number of publicly out LGBTQ athletes in…