February 9, 2018• byMichael Strangeways

Out Gay Olympians Gus Kenworthy and Adam Rippon at the Opening Ceremonies in South Korea for the 2018 Winter Games.

(Also some non-gay ones with hairy chests…)

The 2018 Winter Olympics kicked off Friday in Pyeongchang, South Korea (watch it tonight) with the Opening Ceremonies including our two out/proud gay Olympians skier Gus Kenworthy and skater Adam Rippon posing for multiple social media shots proclaiming their solidarity representing the United States.

This comes after some controversy over the pair criticizing evil under lord/inexplicably elected Vice President Mike Pence with both Rippon and Kenworthy expressing their disapproval of having Pence lead the Team USA delegation. The VP and former Indianan governor has supported the idea of conversion therapy where LGBTQ people can be “treated” and “cured” of being gay. Pence has tried to explain away his past support of the repugnant “treatment” and claimed that it’s “fake news” despite evidence to the contrary.

Both Kenworthy and Rippon took to social media to post photos of the pair with Kenworthy captioning the above photo:

“The #OpeningCeremony is a wrap and the 2018 Winter Olympic Gaymes are officially under way! I feel incredibly honored to be here in Korea competing for the US and I’m so proud to be representing the LGBTQ community alongside this amazing guy! Eat your heart out, Pence. #TeamUSA #TeamUSGay”

Adam Rippon is equally unshy about expressing himself on social media…he posted this in December:

“I was recently asked in an interview what its like to be a gay athlete in sports. I said that it’s exactly like being a straight athlete. Lots of hard work but usually done with better eye brows…”

Our new crush object, Olympic luger Chris Mazdzer

Meanwhile, Cosmopolitan did a cute fun video with zexy male Olympians, including a rather mortified Kenworthy, posing provocatively and spouting cheesy pick up lines. Our favorite was the adorably hunky luger, Chris Mazdzer trying to woo us with his rather awe inspiring chest.

Woof on Olympian Luger Chris Mazdzer!

We love the Olympics!

#TEAMUSA

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About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.