Four-time world champion ice dancer and 2018 Olympic Silver Medalist Guillaume Cizeron came out on Instagram last week by posting a picture with his boyfriend.
Cizeron, 25, posted the picture May 17 in honor of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, with the caption “celebrate love.” The post came just before an interview with Têtu magazine, a longtime periodical catering to an LGBTQ audience, in which Cizeron confirmed that he is gay.
Born in France, Cizeron relocated to Canada in 2014 at age 20 to continue his skating training, though still competed under the French flag in skating events. Though Cizeron has long been out to friends and family, the skater says he felt a need to go public to push back against homophobes everywhere.
“I wanted to share this publicly because it was world day against homophobia and transphobia,” he told Têtu. “I told myself that by living in Montreal, one of the cities where we feel the most free as a person from the LGBT community, we tend to forget how this is not the case everywhere in Canada and in other countries, even in France. So exposing oneself serves the cause.”
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“Over the past few months,” he continued, “I have talked about it with many people who surround me and are part of the community, some of whom are activists, and who have told me several times how far it could have had an impact in this cause. What held me [back] for a moment was the fact that I always considered that we shouldn’t have to come out. I was quite surprised that people made so many positive comments, it made me happy. Despite everything, there were 200 or 300 people who stopped following me at that time, out of 84,000. I have the impression that gay sportsmen are still known to be gay sportsmen. I don’t want to be the gay skater, but the medalist skater. But I think there is still a need to fight so that matters evolve in this direction.”
Last year, Cizeron and his skating partner Gabriella Papadakis, won the Gold Medal at the prestigious Grand Prix Final, often referred to as the second-most important figure skating competition in the world.
AnthonyS23
Vive la France!
Kangol2
He’s beautiful! Congratulations/félicitations!
Black Pegasus
His “adorable boyfriend” is a clone of himself.
Shocking…
TMBisAOK
Well THAT was weird and nasty for no particularly good reason. ?
MANSUMM
I thought the same thing. But they are beautiful men.
Black Pegasus
@TMBisAOK
You want to know what is “weird and nasty?” Dating someone who can be your sibling. It’s also narcissistic and typical of the ‘white gay’
Dack52
you must have an enormous amount of anger at the world to be raging about “typical white gay” without demonstrating any support or kindness for someone else’s happiness…and often when two men from different races are together, they are gay…long history of gays embracing each other and, yes, I know about the other side, gay Republicans, etc…for the most part, if you are young African-American guy in high school or college, you are likely to find more love and friendship from “typical white gay” than from other black guys.
Gay Thomas
You are either a bitter old queen or a maniacal troll. Either way, you’re just a horrible human.
Cam
Nothing enrages the right wing anti-LGBT troll accounts than somebody coming out of the closet.
HmphGay
Well…heh heh, as a POC who is appalled by the “basic-ness” of some of my fellow gays, I’ve been guilty of making these type of remarks in past, but in this case I have to speak up in defense of him. Been a looooong time follower of CIzeron for years and it’s true he has been openly gay all this time, just not on public record until now. Back in those days before they racked up so many wins and became gold medal favorites and got a bigger international following, he wasn’t afraid to post on his IG account more personal photos that were not 100% about skating. Back then he had quite a few candid photos of himself in his off-ice life hanging out with other men and the vast majority of them were…black! I remember being quite pleased and happy that he kept such a diverse company. As he got more famous, he removed a lot of these photos showing his more private side and let the account focus more on his skating and his branding. But I can vouch that he’s probably not as vanilla as that one photo of his bf might suggest.
dannyboi2
You want to know what is “weird and nasty?” Dating someone who can be your sibling. It’s also narcissistic and typical of the ‘white gay’
That’s not weird and nasty – It’s RACIST, – It’s like saying all blacks look alike, Wow. You have issues, if you look close enough they don’t even come close to looking the same, maybe the facial hair. But their facial features are totally different.
kjsf2006
How is it sick or racist for two men who happen to be of the same race to be together? They are 2 caucasian men who happen to have dark hair and beards. And you say that it’s sickening for them to be together because they look like clones. WOW………. You are pretty pathetic to be stretching that far. By your reasoning couples made up of: 2 blond Swedish men, 2 dark-haird Chinese men, 2 Native Americans from the Hopi tribe, 2 Irish gingers or 2 Blacks from South Sudan……..would be sick and incestuous. You must just be jealous of anyone in love because you have none in your life.
And to those wailing because he’s a “gay skater”……when you actually look at the men who compete in the sport of figure skating, there are some gay men participating. But the overall percentage is not that high. And REGARDLESS of sexuality…….the men who compete in figure skating a physically very strong. Guillaume Cizeron and Morgan Cipres are 2 French skaters who have beautifully athletic bodies.
Bob LaBlah
Folks, isn’t there something about his name that leaves the impression of a person suffering from low self esteem and self worth? Pegasus in Greek mythology was not a male with wings on his ears but a white horse. Why keep arguing with an intellectually starved fool who clearly craves attention? I doubt if he even knows what that picture he posts represents. Mercury had winged feet, not winged ears. His helmet had the wings.
Black Pegasus
I’m so glad all of you took valuable time out of your day to respond to little ole me. Yes, I’ll be a “bitter old queen” or any ad hominem attack you want me to be lol… But just know that I’ll CONTINUE TO BE HERE! Yes, here giving my special brand on commentary made fresh daily just for you gurls.. Thank so much for the love! LMAO…
@ HmmphGay – thanks for that anecdote. Unfortunately people do change when their social and professional capital is elevated. Shame on him, but it’s his life right?
wimo
Is that necessary an ice-danser who comes out? I thought they were always gay!
Bengali
It’s important that we continue to see these declarations of love. Our world is dangerous right now, for all minorities. We just witnessed the murder of a black man by 4 police offers. I shudder to think what will happen if these officers are not charged and convicted of murder.
snuggles65
Wow, seriously?? An ice dancer (male skater) that is gay?? Say it ain’t so. That’s SO hard to believe-I have never heard of that. Next you are going to tell me Richard Simmons is gay. OH MY lol lol
Joshooeerr
Congratulations! You’re the first with the most predictable comment imaginable.
dropshot118
they look exactly the same. borrrrring
Cam
Oh my god, what a shame! Because when he was out looking for a boyfriend the one thing he was really concerned about is that they didn’t bore you!
dali
A gay figure skater? Shock!
kennedyglenn
Ok, the questions I am asking is why is this relevant and does anyone care? So he has a boyfriend, OMG stop the press! What is it with sports and entertainment guys, so they think that by coming out you automatically need a boyfriend or to get married? I guess once they get a taste of what they have been missing they need it all the time!
Kangol2
Was this a slow day at the troll farm or something? Let’s to make this clear since you may have trouble reading.
1) Queerty is a site that focuses on gay (and LGBTQ more broadly) people.
2) Guillaume Cizeron is an Olympic medal-winning ice dancer.
3) On International Day Against Homophobia, May 17, 2020, Guillaume Cizeron publicly came out on Instagram as gay, confirming what some fans new and what most others did not.
4) Cizeron also announced that he was gay by showing himself with his boyfriend in his IG post.
Those four facts, plus others, are why this story is relevant. You sound like you could use a boyfriend, and someone to talk with, or preferably someone who’s both.
skyboy63
Good for him and his lovely boyfriend….. why is there so much negativity about a positive thing.?
nm4047
NO! a male ice skater is gay! grasping at pearls, OMG the string just broke. Who would have guessed such a thing in such a macho ‘sport’.
tjack47
He’s handsome and so is his boyfriend. I’m happy for them both. A few days before Pride Month, I support the love of two people, period.
Michel-Ashley
Perhaps I should take up skating?