Olympic diver Matt Mitcham: Australia’s first major sports figure to come out
“We can’t afford for Lachlan to go at the moment. But Johnson & Johnson offer grants to go to Beijing and I’ve nominated Lachlan as the support person I want to go.”
Matthew Mitcham, 20, subtly coming out to Australia’s Sidney Morning Herald by mentioning that he’d like for his boyfriend, Lachlan, to join him as he competes at the August Olympics in Beijing, China. In the interview, he also talks about coming back from taking time off to party and having suffered with anxiety and depression as a teenager. The Post reports that he earned gold at the USA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale earlier this month. See video of one of his winnning dives at YouTube.
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