Tokyo Paralympic host a record number of LGBT athletes

August 23, 2021 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, SPORTS Comments Off on Tokyo Paralympic host a record number of LGBT athletes
Great Britain's Laurie Williams, left, and Germany's Gesche Schunemann during the wheelchair basketball event at the Paralympic World Cup in 2011. Williams is one of four LGBTQ members of Great Britain's women's wheelchair basketball team.PA (Photo: Wire / AP file)

When the 2020 Paralympics kick off on Aug. 24, there will be at least 27 openly LGBTQ athletes from eight countries competing, according to LGBTQ sports site Outsports. 

That’s more than double the 12 who competed at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, and it…