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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "LGBT Olympians are gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) athletes who have competed at the Olympic Games, and the Paralympics. Most have been closeted about their sexuality or gender identity while in Olympic competition, instead coming out after their Games. Thus a small percentage of Olympians are on record as being LGBT. Additionally, as LGBT rights, such as same-sex marriage, have been enacted, more have been comfortable revealing this aspect of who they are, and the public more accepting of them. Very few athletes before the 1969 Stonewall Riots, the start of the modern LGBT movement, would be known, or discuss, being LGBT. Such things were often made known as a result of a scandal, or after their death, if at all.Marc Naimark of the Federation of Gay Games called the lack of openly gay athletes a symptom, not the problem, of the Olympic Games. He said the International Olympic Committee should pressure countries to repeal anti-gay laws the same way it once excluded South Africa for its apartheid system of racial segregation, and \"more recently, succeeded in getting all competing nations to include female athletes on their teams in London.\"Despite the small number of LGBT Olympians, there have been other multi-sport events, such as the Gay Games and World OutGames, which are specifically organized and oriented towards the participation of LGBT people.Note that this list does not include Olympians known to be intersex, a list of whom can be found in List of intersex people."@en }

• LGBT_Olympians abstract "LGBT Olympians are gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) athletes who have competed at the Olympic Games, and the Paralympics. Most have been closeted about their sexuality or gender identity while in Olympic competition, instead coming out after their Games. Thus a small percentage of Olympians are on record as being LGBT. Additionally, as LGBT rights, such as same-sex marriage, have been enacted, more have been comfortable revealing this aspect of who they are, and the public more accepting of them. Very few athletes before the 1969 Stonewall Riots, the start of the modern LGBT movement, would be known, or discuss, being LGBT. Such things were often made known as a result of a scandal, or after their death, if at all.Marc Naimark of the Federation of Gay Games called the lack of openly gay athletes a symptom, not the problem, of the Olympic Games. He said the International Olympic Committee should pressure countries to repeal anti-gay laws the same way it once excluded South Africa for its apartheid system of racial segregation, and \"more recently, succeeded in getting all competing nations to include female athletes on their teams in London.\"Despite the small number of LGBT Olympians, there have been other multi-sport events, such as the Gay Games and World OutGames, which are specifically organized and oriented towards the participation of LGBT people.Note that this list does not include Olympians known to be intersex, a list of whom can be found in List of intersex people.".