Posts by Byline Withheld

  • Dushan Milic

    Anonymous in Sochi: When Putin Comes to Your Home

    During the Sochi Olympic Games, Grantland will be posting updates from an anonymous blogger, a member of the LGBT community who is traveling to the Olympics this month. This project is created with the help of You Can Play, an organization that promotes diversity and LGBT inclusion in sports.

  • Dushan Milic

    Anonymous in Sochi: In Search of Russia’s LGBT Community

    The truth is that if I kissed my partner after winning a gold medal, or if the Olympic team I’m here with posted a photo of two men or two women kissing, it wouldn’t be called love.

  • Anonymous in Sochi: No Turning Back

    During the Sochi Olympic Games, Grantland will be posting updates from an anonymous blogger, a member of the LGBT community who is traveling to the Olympics this month.

  • Anonymous in Sochi: Back in the Closet As the Games Approach

    I’m a member of the LGBT community who will be attending the Sochi Games in February. A nation’s Olympic traveling party is composed of many pieces — coaches, athletes, official representatives, staffers — and I’m a part of that. I can’t tell you how I fit in, but I can tell you what this experience feels like to me. Because I know the fear and anxiety associated with playing sports as a member of the LGBT community.