Outsports hosted a first-of-its-kind conversation with four Asian and Asian-American LGBTQ athletes Wednesday, Sept. 9, to elevate understanding about the unique challenges they face.
Coming out in Asian and Asian-American culture at home can create added pressures on top of being who you are in the sports world. This conversation addressed these added hurdles and barriers, as well as the lack out out LGBTQ Asian athletes — creating a lack of support network — and how all of us can better support Asian and Asian-American athletes and coaches who come out.
It’s an important series of topics that too often get overlooked, and we were excited to be joined by an all-star cast of people to talk about the issues.
Joining the conversation were:
Activist and athlete Amazin LeThi, @amazinlethi
Professional golfer Tadd Fujikawa @taddy808
Former NCAA diver Lisa Coe @lisa.coe
Former NCAA swimmer Schuyler Bailar, @pinkmantaray
