“I’m not going to tone down or change who I am just because I’ve gone to a different country.”
This is gay Olympic skater Blake Skjellerup.
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This may make it dangerous for people to be openly gay in Russia.
But Blake Skjellerup recently told Vocativ that he would not be hiding his homosexuality while competing in Russia.
Source: youtube.com
I think being in a country [like] Russia where they've decided to introduce these new laws, basically saying we're telling children that homosexuals don't exist, is a massive step backwards for the LGBT human rights movement for the world, not just for Russia.