At least 144 out LGBTQ athletes will be heading to Paris for the 2024 Summer Games, with a record number of out male Olympians participating according to OutSports.
In the last Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo in 2021, there were at least 186 out competitors, but the list originally started at 121with the number increasing as the OutSports became aware of additional publicly out athletes.
It’s anticipated that the number of out athletes on the 2024 list will grow as well.
The vast majority of athletes on the list of queer Olympians, more than 120, are women. Lesbians and other queer women represent at least half of two teams: the U.S. women’s basketball team, and the Australian women’s soccer team, where at least nine of the 18 players are out.