But I have an ongoing list of things that my boyfriend is like, “You’re a bad gay, you haven’t seen this.” Honestly, it’s not a choice, it’s just, I never did. To be completely honest, I don’t watch Golden Girls, so I’m a bad gay. It means a lot to me.Īdam told me he most identifies with Dorothy and Blanche. I think one type of interaction is like (models a fangirling vocal affect), “Oh my god! I love your Instagram! Can I take a photo?” And then like, “I saw you in the Olympics can I have a photo?” Or another one: “Hey, just wanted to say thank you so much for coming out and for using your platform.” It’s just really, really, really sweet. And it definitely does happen a lot at gay bars. Sometimes it’s more earnest, but often it’s not. And they’ll want a photo it’s kind of a short exchange. Who comes up to me most are other gay guys and usually they’re really, really sweet and they say something really nice. How do the conversations you have with fans change depending on if you’re at, say, a ski shop versus a gay bar?Īt a ski shop it’s often like, “Oh, what’s up man? Where do you ski?” It’s pretty surface. He had more growth than any other Olympian at the Games. It must be much more insane for Adam, because heading into this Games, he hadn’t been to another Games and his platform wasn’t super huge and now it’s insane. It’s sort of been a slow grow, not completely overnight. And then when I came out, I feel like my platform definitely changed and grew, and it took a different shape in terms of the people who would approach me. I got a little bit of recognition prior to the Olympics four years ago from skiing. It stills seems strange, but I’ve gotten used to it.
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