I'm Not Crying, You're Crying

Source - After earning the adoration of the world at four straight Olympic Games, decorated champion diver Tom Daley has finally collected Olympic Gold. He and his partner, Matty Lee, won the 10-meter synchronized platform diving competition this morning in Tokyo.

Daley, 27, has represented the U.K. at the Olympics since 2008, when he was 14. He is married to Oscar-winning filmmaker and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, and they have a son, Robbie, together.

Daley already had six World Champion medals, including three gold, eight European Champion medals, including five gold, four Commonwealth Games gold medals, and one silver. He also won three Olympic bronze medals, but until now the gold had eluded him.

Daley and Lee won the Olympic Gold at this Olympics with a final dive (out of six) that earned a 101.01 score, making their complete diving performance score 471.81.

The Dive:

(skip to 2:50 for the celebration)

As awesome as that was, it's not the reason I'm crying. In fact, I don't give a shit whether or not Tom Daley won, showed, or even placed at this year's games. (I know those are horse racing terms, but it felt right.) The reason I'm crying, and the reason Daley went mega viral after securing the gold is because of the speech he gave afterwords. Here is it...

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And save your nasty comments for another day. Daley's words mean something. They hold weight because whether you want to acknowledge it or not, there are still a ton of LGBTQ kids who are afraid to come out because of what people will think. They put their dreams on hold out of fear, rather than pursue them with passion. Hopefully this speech will help change that. I'm not trying to get too serious here, but I had to say something. Shout out to Tom for winning the gold and using his platform to do some goddamn good. Now go and buy a shirt to support your country (me). Thanks. 

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