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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
LISTEN
Julian Vernonsky
![julian_vernonsky](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60eebfd4ac70f.jpg)
Markus Thormeyer
![markus](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60f69a369153e.jpeg)
Chelsea Wolfe
![chelsea](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60eef75ba7fa6.jpeg)
Hannah Wilkinson
![hannah wilkinson](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60ed763c7cc0d.jpg)
Aoife Cooke
![aoife](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60f542cfc4da9.jpeg)
Stephanie Labbé
![stephanie](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60f544dc55fbe.jpeg)
Laurie Williams
![Laurie Williams](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60f8acb6bca7a.jpg)
Georgia Simmerling
![georgia simmerling](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60ed76a201f53.jpeg)
Jude Hamer
![jude](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60f699d3abcf1.jpg)
Moran Samuel
![moran samuel](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60ed739a7de1d.jpg)
Ria Percival
![ria](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60eef60b8faa2.jpeg)
Lauren Rowles
![lauren](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60f69a0c000d4.jpg)
Celia Quansah
Natalie Powell
![natalie powell](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60ed7a92ca40e.jpg)
Robyn Love
![robyn](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60f69a6092f39.jpg)
Sanne Van Dijke
![sanne](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60f69a79188e2.jpeg)
Megan Jones
Kayla Miracle
![kayla](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60eef671570ab.jpeg)
Tom Bosworth
![tom](https://mmo.aiircdn.com/20/60f6999fd8809.jpeg)