Tim Sullivan, chairman of London’s gay rugby team King’s Cross Steelers, and Chris Basiurski, chair of Gay Football Supporters’ Network (GFSN), have been selected to carry the Olympic torch in the London 2012 torch relay.
Both athletes have been actively involved in London-based gay sports teams for many years.
Basiurski has played with London-based gay football team Leftfooters. He also sits on the FA Tackling Homophobia in Football Working Group and recently met the prime minister at a reception in Downing Street to talk about diversity in sport.