As Paris set out plans for a Pride House that will celebrate LGBTQ people during the Olympics and Paralympics, organizers pledged that Olympians and campaigners will be given “plenty of opportunities” to speak for LGBTQ rights at next year's event.
At the Tokyo Games in 2021, the IOC relaxed how it implements a rule which historically had stopped athletes from making political, religious or other statements of belief or identity at the Olympics.Organizers of the Paris Olympics, who gave rainbow colors to their logo Wednesday to mark the international day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia, aren't limiting themselves to promises of inclusive Games next year.
“We strongly believe that Paris 2024 has a fantastic opportunity to communicate and demonstrate that this situation has to evolve,” said Tony Estanguet, the organizing committee president. “There are plenty of opportunities for athletes, for associations, to use the platform of the Games to demonstrate that there some situations not acceptable, that we have to evolve," he said.
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