NBC Censors Sexual Orientation Of Openly Gay Gold Medalist Diver
Topix Gay News Aug 24 08
According to OutSports.com, of the 10,708 athletes at the Olympics this year, just 10 have identified themselves publicly as being gay. Of the 10, Australian diver Matthew Mitcham is the only male gay athlete.
Yesterday, Mitcham won the gold in the in the 10m platform diving event, scoring an upset over the Chinese team, which was heavily favored to win. But as Maggie Hendricks at Yahoo's Olympics blog notes, NBC never mentioned Mitcham's orientation:
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