Canadian Olympic Luger John Fennell Comes Out As Gay

On his 18th birthday, John Fennell decided to document every great thing that happened in his first official year of adulthood.

Some 364 days later, the laundry list - dubbed my 18-year-old high - features everything from serving as high school valedictorian, to studying business at the University of Calgary, to moving out of his mom's house, to representing Canada in luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

And so with the hours ticking down to his 19th birthday, Fennell is adding one more item to a year to remember.

John Fennell wants the world to know he is gay.

No more secrets. No more changing pronouns in conversations about personal relationships. No more fretting over perceived cracks in the story.(keep reading)