Out US Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy told CBS This Morning he agrees with fellow Team USA athlete Adam Rippon in his opposition to Vice President Pence and the Trump administration's anti-LGBT policies and positions.
Speaking to CBS News' Don Dahler," Kenworthy said he had “no patience” for the administration's actions “attacking” the LGBT community.
From The Hill:
“When we have people elected into office that believe in conversion therapy and are trying to strip trans rights in the military and do these things that are directly attacking the LGBT community, I have no patience,” he said.
His comments appear to reference claims that Vice President Mike Pence supported “gay conversion therapy,” which Pence’s office has denied.
Kenworthy earlier this month called Pence a “bad fit” to lead the U.S. delegation to Pyeongchang, South Korea.
“I am so proud to be from the U.S. and to be from a country where you are able to voice your political opinions and stand up for what you believe in,” Kenworthy said on CBS on Thursday.
The woofy freestyle skier from Telluride, Colorado, added that he sees this moment as one of the first gay Americans to compete at a Winter Games as an opportunity to "shed people's misconceptions" about LGBT athletes.
"I definitely carry a little bit of a burden with me, being a gay athlete going to the Olympics," said Kenworthy. "I think that there's pressure... and I think that it kind of gives us a chance to shed people's misconceptions and just kind of like break down barriers."
I love this guy.
You can watch Kenworthy's comments below.
"I definitely carry a little bit of a burden with me, being a gay athlete going to the Olympics. I think that there's pressure... and I think that it kind of gives us a chance to shed people's misconceptions and just kind of like break down barriers," Kenworthy says pic.twitter.com/W2qkIwTNsg— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) February 15, 2018
Would you go to the White House if invited?"No...when we have people elected into office that believe in conversion therapy and are trying to strip trans rights in the military and do these things that are directly attacking the LGBT community, I have no patience," -- Kenworthy pic.twitter.com/dcTWHhVvtV— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) February 15, 2018
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