2012 Summer Olympics



The 2012 Olympics have begun in London, running through August 12. EDGE takes you there, with this special report on LGBT-related Olympic news, entertainment and special features.



Aussie Olympic Gymnast Announces He’s HIV+

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Aug 10, 2012
Ji Wallace, a gay Australian Olympic gymnast and silver medalist, has revealed that he is HIV-positive.

Wash. State Activists Pay for Olympic Marriage Equality Ad

By Winnie McCroy | Friday Aug 10, 2012
A local gay activist group was able to get enough money to air an ad during the Olympics, part of a ’Why Marriage Matters Washington’ educational campaign to fight a November ballot initiative.

Openly Gay Athletes Still Scarce at Olympic Games

By | Thursday Aug 9, 2012
There are more than 10,000 athletes competing at the London games, but when the gay website OutSports.com set out to count how many were openly gay, it came up with 23.

Olympic U.S. Women’s Soccer Player: Coming Out is ’A Weight Off My Shoulders’

By | Thursday Aug 9, 2012
Olympic U.S. women’s soccer player Megan Rapinoe tells the Associated Press that coming out is "like a weight off my shoulders."

Absolutely Fabulous: It’s the Olympics, Sweetie Darling

By Roberto Friedman | Tuesday Aug 7, 2012
While the rest of the world watched the spectacular opening ceremony for the London Olympic Games, Out There was watching a screener of the new Absolutely Fabulous episode that takes place during the London Olympic Games.

S. African Olympian Comes Out, Fights Against Homophobia

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Aug 7, 2012
Karen Hultzer, an Olympic archer from South Africa, announced she was gay in order to become a role model for people who struggle with coming out of the closet and to combat homophobia in sports and in her homeland.

Olympics 2012: Year of the Woman

By Paul Haven | Tuesday Jul 31, 2012
Women athletes like boxer Claressa "T-Rex" Shields give new meaning to the term girl power, as for the first year, female U.S. Olympians outnumber males.

Olympics Go Gay: Gay Couple Kiss, ’Ab Fab’ Stars Carry Torch & Wash. Gay Marriage Ad Airs

By Jason St. Amand | Monday Jul 30, 2012
The Olympic’s Opening Ceremony featured a gay couple kissing, ’Ab Fab’ stars carrying the torch and a commercial that promoted same-sex marriage in Washington State.

Anger Over New Olympics Gender Testing Rules

By Jason St. Amand | Monday Jul 30, 2012
An LGBT group & some sports experts are protesting the International Olympic Committee’s new controversial rules to test female athletes suspected of having high levels of testosterone.