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Ten openly gay athletes won medals at the London Olympics. Seven of them took the gold. Cyd Ziegler at SB Nation has the recap: GOLD: Seimone Augustus [above center], USA, Basketball. The U.S. women’s basketball team was arguably the most dominant team in any sport at these Olympics.GOLD: Carl Hester, Great Britain, Equestrian. Hester and his two teammates won Great …

Pet Shop Boys, George Michael, openly bisexual Jessie J, and a full stadium singalong with Freddie Mercury on center-stage screens. I don’t think we could have asked for much more.

Only one more update to come.

I still haven’t figured out what the colors mean.

Shannon Easton is a six-time judo national champion. Her first game is tonight’s exhibition match between the Chargers and Packers. It seems like the NFL is testing her out with a game that doesn’t count. But still! Source.

Openly gay Australian gymnast and former Olympian Ji Wallace has come out as HIV-positive. Wallace, a trampolinist who won a silver medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, said he was inspired to make the public admission about his diagnosis after seeing an interview given by US diver Greg Louganis about his battle with HIV and being a gay Olympian. …

The only openly gay Olympian to win gold thus far is British dressage competitor Carl Hestor. The team, which included Laura Bechtolsheimer and Charlotte Dujardin, celebrated the country’s twentieth gold medal of the games, strengthening the host nation’s place third on the board. Hester, 45, won a team gold and two individual silver medals at the European Championships in Rotterdam …

(Via JMG reader Bstewart23)

Rower #2 has taken to Reddit to defend himself. The thread there is quite amusing. (Via Bilerico) UPDATE: Gawker has published a very scientific analysis.

At age 39 Bulgaria’s Yordan Yovchev is the elder statesman of Olympic gymnastics. London marks his sixth appearance at the Olympic Games, a record for his sport. Yovchev first competed 20 years ago in Barcelona at the age of 19.

As of midnight last night, NYC time.

As of midnight last night, NYC time.

No lefties in shot put?

Welsh soccer player Danny Thomas was suspended by his team two days ago after he posted a homophobic tweet about two British divers. The tweet read: “If there is any consolation for finishing fourth at least Daley and Waterfield can go and bum each other #teamHIV.” Thomas apologized and the matter appeared to be over. Apparently not. Police have now …