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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. ==Background on sexual orientation and labels== The historical concept and definition of sexual orientation varies and has changed greatly over time; for example the word "gay" wasn't used to describe sexual orientation until the mid 20th century. A number of different classification schemes have been used to describe sexual orientation since the mid-19th century, and scholars have often defined the term "sexual orientation" in divergent ways. Indeed, several studies have found that much of the research about sexual orientation has failed to define the term at all, making it difficult to reconcile the results of different studies. However, most definitions include a psychological component (such as the direction of an individual's erotic desire) and/or a behavioural component (which focuses on the sex of the individual's sexual partner/s). Some prefer to simply follow an individual's self-definition or identity. See homosexuality and bisexuality for criteria that have traditionally denoted lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people. The high prevalence of people from the West on the list may be due to societal attitudes toward homosexuality. The Pew Research Center's 2003 Global Attitudes Survey found that "()eople in Africa and the Middle East strongly object to societal acceptance of homosexuality. Opinion in Europe is split between West and East. Majorities in every Western European nation surveyed say homosexuality should be accepted by society, while most Russians, Poles and Ukrainians disagree. Americans are divided – a thin majority (51 percent) believes homosexuality should be accepted, while 42 percent disagree." Attitude towards homosexuality in Latin American countries have increasingly been more legally tolerant, but the traditional society and culture in even major countries like Mexico and Brazil have nevertheless remained rather unaccepting and taboo about the subject.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Time to Stop Homophobic Crimes in Latin America and the Caribbean )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LGBT Olympians」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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