Boxing, Irma Testa: “I’m a lesbian and it’s right that we know”
Irma Testa confesses his homosexuality. There Tokyo Olympic champion decided to do coming out. “I am a lesbian and it is right for everyone to know“. Thus begins her confession at Vanity Fair. The winner of the first historic Olympic bronze medal of Italian women’s boxing – reads the Messenger – has decided to tell himself openly. “Talking about sexual orientation in the world of sport has a special value, because champions are asked to be perfect. And for many, homosexuality is still an imperfection. For fear of damaging their image, many sportsmen are silent and hide. It was like that for me too until a few months ago. But that Tokyo medal has become my shield.
Now – continues the Messenger – that the athlete Irma is safe, the woman Irma can be sincere. And I do it at a time when exposing oneself has become fundamental. “In Tokyo she had declared:” This medal has a great weight in breaking down prejudices. “Here. The 24-year-old from Torre Annunziata has decided to come out, she who is a champion of her sport and dreams of breaking down barriers and walls to make society inclusive. Like her idol of all time: Muhammad Ali. It is no coincidence that the nickname of the blue And Butterfly, the butterfly that dances in the ring like a dancer, because his boxing is all about elegance.
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