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Posted on 02/08/2026 10:37:28 PM PST by Morgana
Team USA figure skater Amber Glenn has revealed she is taking a break from social media after receiving a 'scary amount of hate' for condemning Donald Trump over his treatment of the LGBTQ+ community.
Glenn, who is the first openly-queer woman to compete for the US in Olympic figure skating, addressed the impact of the Trump administration's policies on LGBTQ+ Americans at a press conference for the Winter Games in Italy.
The 26-year-old told reporters it has been a 'hard time' for the community, while insisting she wants to use her platform to 'try and encourage people to stay strong'.
Yet just days on from that speech about America's political climate, Glenn now says she is stepping back from her social channels after being threatened online.
'When I chose to utilize one of the amazing things about the United States of America (Freedom of speech) to convey how I feel as an athlete competing for Team USA in a troubling time for many Americans I am now receiving a scary amount of hate/threats for simply using my voice WHEN ASKED about how I feel,' she wrote in a post on Instagram.
'I did anticipate this but I am disappointed by it. I will be limiting my time on social media for my own wellbeing for now but I will never stop using my voice for what I believe in'.
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If Tonya Harding came out and bashed her in the knee with a hockey stick I'd buy the woman a beer.
What a horrible tragedy. Whatever will we do without her presence on social media.
Can’t she just shut up and skate?
What would Brian Boitano do?
I guess this dumb lesbian never heard of Scott Bessent, Tammy Bruce, or Richard Grinnell.
They have not pulled the commercial, they have just disabled the public’s ability to say what an ill informed, ignorant and stupid person she is on their message boards.
“Threats” = Someone disagreed with her on social media.
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The Victim Card: Don’t sh*t on the USA on an international stage in a foreign country without it.
Charlie Kirk would feel your pain but your friends killed him .
Yo, bitch, try wearing a MAGA hat for a day. In Minneapolis. I’ll spring for the tickets. And the hat.
but I will never stop using my voice for what I believe in’.
Neither will anyone else.
Shut up and skate or come home.
She didnt have a great performance, and she won’t be at another Olympics. She also is apparently unaware of the members of her own “community”who work for Trump. Or maybe they dont count.
I bought a steal rod right after the Tonya Harding episode. I carry it everywhere.
Plus, we enable them to have an international forum to slander us. Seriously? Abandon this farce.
“I guess this dumb lesbian never heard of Scott Bessent, Tammy Bruce, or Richard Grinnell.”
That was the first thing that came to my mind.
She has a right to her opinions.
“She has a right to her opinions.”
Absolutely. And we have the right to criticize her for hating the country that gave her EVERYTHING.
...’When I chose to utilize one of the amazing things about the United States of America (Freedom of speech) to convey how I feel.... .. I am now receiving a scary amount of hate/threats for simply using my voice WHEN ASKED about how I feel,...
Welcome to the party.
This started/ramped up during the 0bama era.
Now try coming out as a President Trump supporter, or chat about ivermectin!!
She can be replaced by any man wearing a padded bra.
“She has a right to her opinions.”
So do we, and so does the nation who paid for her to be there.
Since you said it: NO SHE DOES NOT!!! We the People paid for her to be there. She represents the entire nation, not just faggots! She has no right to espouse her ignorant opinions while insulting and demeaning the rest of us.
Did she lick all of her opponents?
I wonder what else didn’t happen
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