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Author, and being gay is just one part of who i am. first and foremost, i am an american athlete and i am proud to live in a country that encouraged diversity, openness, and tolerance. rachel nichols, host of cnn's "unguarded." the man is 50 years of age. he has never been public with this part of his life until now. why now? >> earlier this week, president obama named boitano among a few other athletes to a u.s. deligation of athletes. a few like billie jean king are gay, have been openly gay for some time. there was a lot of discussion about this was in part a statement to the russian govern...