Lists of LGBT+ Summer Olympic athletes (1896–2000), (2004–2020), (2024); by debut List of LGBT+ Winter Olympians; by debut List of LGBT+ Paralympians; by debut There have been 62[a] modern Paralympians who have identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, non-binary, queer, or who have openly been in a same-sex relationship, including two who also competed at the Olympic Games.
The first Paralympic Games in which an athlete now known to be LGBT+ competed was the 1992 Summer Paralympics.
[a] The most decorated LGBT+ Olympian is British Paralympic equestrian Lee Pearson, with 17 medals including 14 golds.
[a][b] At least 37 LGBT+ Paralympians are medalists (59.68% of LGBT+ Paralympians), of which 17 have at least one gold medal (27.42%).
Δ Was known to be widely out prior to their most recent Paralympic competition; contemporaneously out while competing † Came out after competing ‡ Posthumously identified as LGBT+