Figure Skater Adam Rippon Calls Out Gold Medalist Alexei Yagudin, Donates $1,000 in His Name
Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon donated $1,000 in gold medalist Alexei Yagudin‘s name due to his homophobic and transphobic statement.
On Twitter, Adam explained, “When Olympic gold medalists, Alexei Yagudin, found out I donated to a charity that helps black trans people he said that he COULDNT WAIT for people like me to die. Because of that I feel INSPIRED to donate another $1000 to the @TheOkraProjectbut this time, in his name.”
Adam included his donation to Nyla Sampson, who is the financial advisor and co-facilitator of The Okra Project. The organization is a “collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans People wherever we can reach them.”
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When Olympic gold medalists, Alexei Yagudin, found out I donated to a charity that helps black trans people he said that he COULDNT WAIT for people like me to die. Because of that I feel INSPIRED to donate another $1000 to the @TheOkraProject but this time, in his name. 😘 pic.twitter.com/CG0hkzgBq9
— Adam Rippon (@AdamRippon) June 9, 2020
He apologized but I don’t accept it. He can take his apology, homophobia, transphobia, racist comments, and his Olympic gold medal and shove them up his ass.
— Adam Rippon (@AdamRippon) June 9, 2020
LGTBQ+ people, you rock and are awesome just the way you are. YOU MATTER. BLACK TRANS LIVES MATTER, BLACK LIVES MATTER.
— Adam Rippon (@AdamRippon) June 9, 2020