GayStarNews reports today that 10 of the 23 out gay athletes in the London Olympics have won medals - with a haul that would place Team LGBT at no. 19 in the official rankings, ahead of countries like Spain, Brazil & Canada.
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/nearly-half-openly-gay-athletes-win-medals-olympics120812
London 2012 Olympics: an LGBT legacy?
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/london-2012-olympic-lgbt-legacy120812
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/nearly-half-openly-gay-athletes-win-medals-olympics120812
London 2012 Olympics: an LGBT legacy?
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/london-2012-olympic-lgbt-legacy120812
London bids to host the 2018 Gay Games/OutGames
More than 40 percent of the out LGBT athletes at the London Olympics took home medals, a better medal-winning percentage than Team USA
http://www.thegavoice.com/news/world-news/5045-outsports-wraps-up-lgbt-medal-winners-in-london-olympics
For information on LGBT sports in Europe:
The European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation:
The 2011 and 2012 editions of Past2Present followed the LGBT History Month theme of Sport:
2011 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24371157/Past2Present-Feb2011.pdf2012 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24371157/P2P2012.pdf
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