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My Life as an Openly
Gay Athlete
'Coming Out Often Felt Like Jumping Off a 30-Foot Cliff into a Deep
Pool of Water'
By
Jordan Goldwarg
For Outsports.com
 When I look
back over the past year, I’m amazed at how much my life has changed.
Last year at this time, not only was I completely in the closet, but I
had not even accepted myself as being gay. Today, though, I’ve fully
accepted myself, and I’m completely out with all of my friends, my
family, and most significantly, my ski team. What happened that
changed everything?
Looking back now, I think I knew from a very early age that I was gay.
I’ve always felt more attracted to guys than to girls, right from the
time that I started feeling attraction. The problem was that I didn’t
see any other gay people around me who seemed similar to me at all.
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