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DAME KELLY HOLMES IS 'FINALLY FREE' AFTER COMING OUT The Olympic athlete, 52, admitted there had been "dark times" in an interview with the Sunday Mirror over the weekend. The British Olympic champion, Dame Kelly Holmes, has come out aged 52. In an interview with The Sunday Mirror Holmes, who won gold medals in the 800 and 1500-metre races at the 2004 Athens Olympics, said she was "finally free". She told the red top paper that: "I needed to do this now, for me. It was my decision. I’m nervous about saying it. I feel like I’m going to explode with excitement. Sometimes I cry with relief." She also explains her fear of retrospective action for breaching Army rules. She joined the Army at 18 where she became an HGV driver for the Women's Royal Army Corps before eventually turning back to athletics.  READ MORE TRANS ATHLETES BANNED FROM SWIMMING COMPETITIONS UNDER NEW 'DISCRIMINATORY' POLICY A majority of FINA - the world governing body for swimming - members voted for the new policy. A new policy from swimming's world governing body has been slammed as "discriminatory" by the human rights organisation, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) On Sunday (19 June) FINA announced that it would effectively ban some trans athletes from competing in categories that match their gender identity. Under the new policy, which takes effect from Monday 20 June, trans women would have to have transitioned by the age of 12 in order to compete in women's categories at competitions and they must maintain testosterone levels beneath 2.5 nmol/L. READ MORE LEINSTER RUGBY'S NICK MCCARTHY 'CONTEMPLATED WALKING AWAY FROM RUGBY' BEFORE COMING OUT AS GAY "I just didn’t think I could come out while playing rugby." THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY’S ELLIOT PAGE SAYS TRANSITIONING 'DRASTICALLY' IMPROVED HIS LIFE Elliot came out as trans in 2020 and revealed earlier this year his character would also transition. TAYLOR ZAKHAR PEREZ AND NICHOLAS GALITZINE DEBATE WHO'S TALLER AS GAY ROM-COM RED, WHITE, AND ROYAL BLUE STARTS FILMING The film is officially in production! MEET THE UK'S OLDEST PERFORMING DRAG QUEEN IN FEISTY FIRST TRAILER FOR 'MAISIE' Exclusive: A touching new documentary celebrates the life and career of 88-year-old David Raven ,aka Maisie Trollette.. ATTITUDE JULY/AUGUST ISSUE The all-new Queer as Folk cast! Plus: Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel on standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, sexual liberation and Pride, toxic top and bottom culture, and more.

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