"It was something that did set me free,"
"I was able to feel like I wasn't being pressured into trying to fill someone else's shoes."
"I remember skating my first competition after coming out and seeing pride flags in the audience. People were cheering louder than ever. I almost started crying before I even skated. It was one of the most emotional performances of my life. I felt so free."
Amber Glenn publicly came out in 2019 as bisexual and pansexual. Coming out allowed her to feel free and relieved pressure to fit others' expectations. She recalls seeing pride flags and hearing louder cheers at her first competition after coming out, describing it as one of her most emotional performances. Glenn set a new record for the women's US champion short program and won a third consecutive US championship, the first US woman to do so in 21 years. Selected for Team USA, Glenn will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy as the first out LGBTQ+ woman to figure skate at the Games. If she medals, she will be the first US woman to medal in Olympic figure skating since 2006.
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