{"id":16432,"date":"2013-12-20T19:16:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T03:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peterfever.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/12\/20\/photos-blades-of-glory-12-openly-gay-skaters\/"},"modified":"2013-12-23T00:56:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T08:56:00","slug":"photos-blades-of-glory-12-openly-gay-skaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/20\/photos-blades-of-glory-12-openly-gay-skaters\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Blades Of Glory \u2014 12 Openly Gay Skaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-size: 16px;\">By <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/queerty2\/~3\/WwKM4iGrYu4\/\" target=\"_blank\">Les Fabian Brathwaite<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float: none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/queerty2\/~3\/WwKM4iGrYu4\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"gay-skaters\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp\/docs\/2013\/12\/gay-skaters.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday, Olympic figure skater and perennial open-ended question Brian Boitano <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/what-would-brian-boitano-do-finally-come-out-as-a-gay-man-20131219\/\" target=\"_blank\">acknowledged<\/a> that he was a gay after decades of wearing epaulets as a fashion statement on the ice. It seems like skating, more than any other sport \u2014 with the possible exception of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/for-the-love-of-watersports-11-openly-gay-swimmers-and-divers-20131218\/\" target=\"_blank\">swimming<\/a> \u2014 draws the gays like a siren&#8217;s call, as Boitano is only the latest in a long, triple axeling line of openly gay figure and speed skaters.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Strap on your toe picks &#8217;cause we&#8217;re Salchowing to our heart&#8217;s delight with these 12 openly gay skaters.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ronnie Robertson (1937 \u2013 2000)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Toller Cranston (1949 \u2013 )<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/blades-of-glory-12-openly-gay-skaters-20131220\/toller-cranston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-297558\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toller Cranston\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp\/docs\/2013\/12\/Toller_Cranston-670x481.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Curry (1949 \u2013 1994)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/blades-of-glory-12-openly-gay-skaters-20131220\/john-curry-shirtless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-297560\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"john-curry-shirtless\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp\/docs\/2013\/12\/john-curry-shirtless-534x670.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"670\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ondrej Nepela (1951 \u2013 1989)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/blades-of-glory-12-openly-gay-skaters-20131220\/ondrej-nepela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-297564\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ondrej Nepela\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp\/docs\/2013\/12\/Ondrej_Nepela-510x670.jpg\" width=\"510\" height=\"670\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert McCall (1958 \u2013 1991)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/blades-of-glory-12-openly-gay-skaters-20131220\/robert-mccall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-297563\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"robert-mccall\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp\/docs\/2013\/12\/robert-mccall-435x670.jpg\" width=\"435\" height=\"670\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brian Pockar (1959 \u2013 1992)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/blades-of-glory-12-openly-gay-skaters-20131220\/brian_pockar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-297567\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brian_Pockar\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp\/docs\/2013\/12\/Brian_Pockar.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"642\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brian Orser (1961 \u2013 )<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/blades-of-glory-12-openly-gay-skaters-20131220\/orser-brian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-297565\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Orser, Brian\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp\/docs\/2013\/12\/brian-orser.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brian Boitano (1963 \u2013 )<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/blades-of-glory-12-openly-gay-skaters-20131220\/brian-boitano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-297582\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"brian-boitano\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp\/docs\/2013\/12\/brian-boitano-670x456.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"442\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rudy Galindo (1969 \u2013 )<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/blades-of-glory-12-openly-gay-skaters-20131220\/rudy-galindo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-297556\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"rudy-galindo\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp\/docs\/2013\/12\/rudy-galindo.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"302\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeffrey Buttle (1982 \u2013 )<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/blades-of-glory-12-openly-gay-skaters-20131220\/jeffrey-buttle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-297557\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"jeffrey-buttle\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp\/docs\/2013\/12\/jeffrey-buttle.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"579\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Johnny Weir (1984 \u2013 )<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/blades-of-glory-12-openly-gay-skaters-20131220\/johnny-weir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-297555\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Johnny Weir\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp\/docs\/2013\/12\/Johnny-Weir-670x508.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"492\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blake Skjellerup (1985 \u2013 )<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/blades-of-glory-12-openly-gay-skaters-20131220\/blake-skjellerup-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-297554\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"blake-skjellerup\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp\/docs\/2013\/12\/blake-skjellerup.jpg\" width=\"608\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"PHOTOS: Blades Of Glory \u2014 12 Openly Gay Skaters\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/queerty2\/~3\/WwKM4iGrYu4\/\" target=\"_blank\">PHOTOS: Blades Of Glory \u2014 12 Openly Gay Skaters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Les Fabian Brathwaite Yesterday, Olympic figure skater and perennial open-ended question Brian Boitano acknowledged that he was a gay after decades of wearing epaulets as a fashion statement on the ice. It seems like skating, more than any other [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/20\/photos-blades-of-glory-12-openly-gay-skaters\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3443],"tags":[3449],"class_list":{"0":"post-16432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-life-style","8":"tag-gay-skaters"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gay-skaters.jpg","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pZ6qn-4h2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16432"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16627,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16432\/revisions\/16627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}