THE RAINBOW ROAD
TO TOKYO
Listen to the stories of some of the LGBTQIA+ Olympian and Paralympian athletes taking part in the Tokyo 2021 Games...
At the next Olympic Games, there will be a record number of out-LGBT competitors - but barriers to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans participation in sport continues to be hard to shake off. Prejudice remains rife all over the world, including in the U.K.
In celebrating the achievements of those who have beaten the stigma to get to the greatest sporting show on earth, we're bringing you the stories from some of the Tokyo games' LGBTQIA+ athletes, in their own words.
These features are produced by MIM with support from The Audio Content Fund
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Kayla Miracle

Jude Hamer

Robyn Love

Ria Percival

Laurie Williams

Moran Samuel

Celia Quansah
Natalie Powell

Chelsea Wolfe

Megan Jones
Tom Bosworth

Sanne Van Dijke

Stephanie Labbé

Lauren Rowles

Aoife Cooke

Hannah Wilkinson

Georgia Simmerling

Julian Vernonsky

Markus Thormeyer

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