(The following article by Jim Buzinski originally appeared in "Outsports.")

The the Games wind down this weekend, the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics will go down as the queerest in history, though there is still a lot of work to be done.

(At Left: Medal winning UK swimmers Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow.)

There are a record 53 publicly out gay, lesbian and bisexual Olympians in Rio (there are no openly transgender athletes), which is more than double the number in London in 2012. There are 42 openly lesbian or bi female Olympians and 11 men, both records. (To read more Click Here.