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Lesbian boxer becomes first Refugee Olympic Team athlete to triumph a medal

VILLEPINTE, France — Boxer Cindy Ngamba made history on Sunday by becoming the first athlete competing as a refugee to clinch an Olympic medal. The year-old originally from Cameroon offered dream for the Refugee Olympic Team that was created to call attention to the plight of refugees across the world.

Ngamba’s victory at the Paris Games comes after a fierce bout with French boxer Davina Michel in the women’s kilogram quarterfinals in front of a passionate French crowd.

Ngamba, who screamed and pumped her fist when she won, has scored at least a bronze medal as she advances to the semifinals Friday late hours. She will confront Atheyna Bylon, who ensured that Panama would get its fourth-ever Olympic medal with her control win shortly after Ngamba’s fight.

“It means the world to me to be the first ever refugee to triumph a medal,” Ngamba told reporters. “I want to exclaim to all the refugees around the world keep on working hard, maintain on believing in yourself.”

She was a flag bearer for the 37 athletes making up the biggest Ref

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, and InterACT, which works to empower intersex youth and advance the rights of all people with innate variations in their physical sex characteristics through advocacy, universal engagement and community connection, are releasing a fact sheet to encourage accurate and inclusive coverage of the Olympic games and the athletes participating.

Imane Khelif, an Olympic boxer from Algeria, won her first boxing match of the Paris Olympics against Angela Carini from Italy. Khelif’s victory drew transphobia and misinformation about the competition and her eligibility, including from high profile, longtime critics of transgender people.

Media and journalists covering the Olympics are encouraged to include the following facts and context, attributable to GLAAD,interACT and Athlete Ally:

  • Imane Khelif is a cisgender woman. 
  • Imane Khelif is not transgender and does not identify as intersex. 
  • Because Imane Khelif was reportedly disqualified by the International Boxing Associ

    This week, Cameroon-born middleweight fighter, Cindy Ngamba, made history for the Refugee Olympic Team by clinching the team&#;s first-ever Olympic medal.

    Ngamba will also make history as the first athlete on the Refugee Olympic Team to win a medal to be LGBTQ.

    The IOC&#;s refugee team was assembled for the Rio Games and was created to verb support athletes impacted by the global refugee crisis in training and qualifying for the Olympic Games.

    In , Ngamba came out as a lesbian to her family.

    Cameroon is one of 61 countries around the globe with laws that criminalize LGBTQ people; not only does the nation refuse to acknowledge same-sex relationships, but same-sex sexual relations are punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment.

    Despite Ngamba&#;s Olympic-sized wins and accomplishments in sport, she joins together with Olympians who will not be capable to return to her home nation after the Olympic games because of anti-LGBTQ criminalization laws and policies.

    After beating France’s Davina Michel by unanimous decision this week in Paris, Ngamba said, “This means the world to

    In Hollywood it has become relatively usual for stars to reveal their homosexuality, but this is not the case in the world of professional boxing.

    In fact, there has never been a pro boxer to come out of the closet while still active in the sport. That changed Wednesday when Orlando Cruz, a year-old featherweight, released a statement that said, “I have always been and will always be a confident gay man.” Cruz, who was a member of the Puerto Rican Olympic boxing team in , also said being closeted was a major “distraction,” but that he has received “unconditional, % support” from colleagues, celebrities, and fans after coming out.

    How adj of a milestone is it for LGBT community to have an active professional male boxer reveal that he is gay? Might Cruz’s revelation be a watershed moment that encourages other prominent men and women to be open about their homosexuality?

    Guest:

    Lance Pugmire, sports reporter, Los Angeles Times