Gay athletes unleash a rainbow wave on the Olympics

FILE - In this July 26, 2021, file photo, Thomas Daley and Matty Lee, of Britain, pose for a photo after winning gold medals during the men's synchronized 10-meter platform diving final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Games are shaping up as a watershed for LGBTQ Olympians. Daley announced in 2013 that he was dating a man and “couldn't be happier,” his coming out was an act of courage that, with its rarity, also exposed how the top echelons of sport weren't seen as a safe space by the vast majority of LGBTQ athletes. (Photo: AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

When Olympic diver Tom Daley announced in 2013 that he was dating a man and “couldn’t be happier,” his coming out was an act of courage that, with its rarity, also exposed how the top echelons of sport weren’t seen as…