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Nathan Chen apologises for saying figure skating is a “homosexual-dominated sport”

Olympic figure skater Nathan Chen has released an apology for saying the sport is “homosexual dominated.  Chen received backlash after he gave an insensitive answer regarding femininity and masculinity in figure skating. While appearing on a podcast Chen was asked if he was ever told to play hockey because it was more “masculine.”  “Yes certainly. Especially as a male athlete… as a straight male athlete in a fairly homosexual-dominated sport, or LGBTQ+ dominated sport,” Chen replied. “I think that there is that connotation and there is that ‘Well we don’t…

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