![]() She said that like several older personalities, she was afraid to be open about her sexuality after forging their careers in more homophobic times.ĭuring the past 34 years, she said her life had been consumed with fear and described how after winning gold in Athens, she was played with worry that she will be out.Ĭoming out is essentially getting rid of that fear ![]() She has never talked about her sexuality before but it may be that she was prompted to do so by the positive reaction which followed the decision by Blackpool's Jake Daniels to become the first UK footballer to come out two months ago.īut now she tells a Sunday tabloid: "I needed to do this now, for me." Two of Britain’s best-loved female Olympic icons have "come out" in rather different ways this week.įirst Kelly Holmes, now 52, finally revealed what just about everyone in athletics knew - that she is gay.ĭame Kelly who won double gold over 8 meters at the Athens Games in 2004, says she realised she was gay at 17 when she joined the army where homosexuality was then illegal.
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