2012 Olympic Games Organizers Offering Gay Pride Pin
2012 Olympic Games Organizers Offering Gay Pride Pin
BY ON TOP MAGAZINE STAFF
PUBLISHED: JULY 02, 2010
The organizing committee of the 2012 Olympic Games announced
the availability of a gay pride pin on Friday.
the availability of a gay pride pin on Friday.
The item's description says: “This pin badge features the rainbow
flag and the London 2012 Olympic logo and is launched in support
of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community.”
flag and the London 2012 Olympic logo and is launched in support
of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community.”
Gareth Thomas, the Welsh rugby player who came out gay last
December,
urged people to “wear their pin badge with pride” to help the
committee “achieve greater inclusion in sport.”
December,
urged people to “wear their pin badge with pride” to help the
committee “achieve greater inclusion in sport.”
The organizing committee's chief executive, Paul Deighton, said he
wanted to use “the power of the Games to inspire change,” in
announcing the gay pin badge.
wanted to use “the power of the Games to inspire change,” in
announcing the gay pin badge.
The gay pin badge is the first in a series designed to help foster
a greater understanding of diversity. Others in the series, expected
to be released over the next year, will celebrate belief, age, disability,
gender and ethnicity.
a greater understanding of diversity. Others in the series, expected
to be released over the next year, will celebrate belief, age, disability,
gender and ethnicity.
Deighton added that the pin badges are one way the committee is
showing its “support for a sporting environment built upon equality and inclusion.”
showing its “support for a sporting environment built upon equality and inclusion.”
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