Might be stereotyping, but I get where you are coming from. I also don't even see the harm of people getting excited about it. I think it's stupid personally, as you said it really does not dictate athletic ability, but I take a different issue with it. This guy stated that he was hesitant to come out because he thought it might overshadow his athletic ability - Now it has, despite the fact he doesn't want it. Maybe it's not so much an issue as it is that I feel bad for the guy. From now on he's going down in history as the gay guy that won, (who like you said, likely isn't even the first) instead of just the guy that won.

Also, hell yes the Olympics are on, it takes up all the Twitter moments and it's trending there a good half the day. I honestly don't care much for it myself, but hey if it gets me clicks I'll talk the hell out of the topic. I wouldn't touch watching it myself on the TV... But there are also a lot of talks about just what North and South Korea are doing during them, as well as American leaders.

I honestly didn't even know that world leaders paid enough mind to those things for the news to talk about it. Yet... OMFG, Why do people care so much about it?