--- title: Tom Daley Celebrates Tokyo Olympics Gold With LGBTQ Message description: Team Great Britain diver Tom Daley, 27, won his first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, 13 years after his first games. canonical: https://time.com/6083883/tom-daley-tokyo-olympics-lgbtq/ author: Ciara Nugent article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-07-26T14:55:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T10:09:29.621Z article:section: Sports og:title: British Diver Tom Daley Shares Message of Support for Young LGBTQ People After Winning First Olympic Gold Medal og:description: “I feel incredibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion" og:url: https://time.com/6083883/tom-daley-tokyo-olympics-lgbtq/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt317475ca1e50dd57/698a1b5a09208f48604181dd/GettyImages-1234204247.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tom-Daley-Tokyo-Olympics-Gold og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: British Diver Tom Daley Shares Message of Support for Young LGBTQ People After Winning First Olympic Gold Medal twitter:description: “I feel incredibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt317475ca1e50dd57/698a1b5a09208f48604181dd/GettyImages-1234204247.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # British Diver Tom Daley Sends Heartfelt Message to LGBTQ Youth After Winning His First Olympic Gold > Sponsored content. 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Thomas Daley and Matthew Lee of Team Great Britain pose for photographers with their gold medals after winning the Men's Synchronised 10m Platform Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 26, 2021.Fred Lee—Getty Images  by [Ciara Nugent](https://time.com/author/ciara-nugent/)  ## Ciara Nugent Jul 26, 2021 2:55 PM UTC British diver [Tom Daley](https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/thomas-daley/3y6lj3NwM4u2dORkh8DkXo) celebrated his first gold medal win in four Olympic Games at Tokyo on Monday by delivering a heartfelt message of support to young LGBTQ people. “I hope that any young LGBT person out there can see that no matter how alone you feel right now, you are not alone,” said Daley, 27\. “You can achieve anything and there is a whole lot of your chosen family out here, ready to support you.” Daley delivered his speech at a table flanked by his Chinese and Russian competitors, who respectively took silver and bronze medals, meaning that media in both countries—neither of which allow same sex marriage—were broadcasting his words. Daley has previously said that [he avoided](https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-tom-daley-pride-coming-out-gay-lgbt-dustin-lance-black-russia) taking part in a competition in Russia shortly after coming out because he felt unsafe given the [prevalence of homophobia](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-homophobia-lgbt-sexuality-gay-friend-research-a8926836.html) and a raft of[ anti-LGBTQ legislation](http://theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/06/why-is-russia-so-homophobic/276817/) in the country. “I feel incredibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion,” said Daley, who made his Olympic debut when he was only 14\. “When I was younger I didn’t think I’d ever achieve anything because of who I was. To be an Olympic champion now just shows that you can achieve anything.” Daley came out as gay in 2013, and is one of [at least 142](https://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/GLAADOlympicsMediaGuide.pdf) out LGBTQ athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics—the highest number on record, according to NGO GLAAD. In 2017 he married Dustin Lance Black, an American screenwriter and filmmaker who won an Academy Award in 2008 for his original screenplay for _Milk_, a biopic of politician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk. The couple’s first child was born in 2018. Daley and diving partner Matty Lee scored 471.81 points in the men’s synchronised 10m platform event, narrowly beating Chinese duo Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen, who finished on 470.58\. Russian athletes Aleksandr Bondar and Viktor Minbaev took the bronze medal, with 439.92 points. Team Great Britain’s win marks the first loss for China in the event since 2004. Daley has now competed at four Olympics, starting with Beijing in 2008\. In 2009 he won gold at the individual men’s 10m platform event at the world diving championships. He also won bronze medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, but this is his first time reaching the top of the podium at the games. 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