Olympic diving legend Greg Luganis sold his California home and auctioned three of his Olympic medals.
“What are you ready to leave behind as life moves forward?” he wrote in Facebook A post to announce the move. “I’m 65. I’m asking exactly that.
This decision shows a shift from 2023 statement Ruganis said the proceeds will help fund Damien Centre, Indiana’s oldest and largest AIDS service provider. Lost government funds Important health care programs.
“I needed money. A lot of people might have built a business and sold them for profit, but I had my medals that I’m grateful for,” he explained.
often”The biggest diver in history“Ruganis is the only guy to clean up diving events at two consecutive Olympics. He won four gold medals on the 3M springboard and 10m platform at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, after winning silver on the 10m platform in the 1976 game.
Ruganis has also become a prominent advocate for gay rights and HIV recognition. He was diagnosed with HIV just six months before the 1988 Olympics and was published as HIV positive. Interview from 1995 With Barbara Walters a year after she was released as a gay person.
Ruganis sees the move to Panama as an opportunity to rediscover himself.
“Can I discover now that I am Greg Luganis? Without any distractions from the outside. At least this is my goal. “I think I might find it sometimes. My goal is to live it. Discover, allow and nurture that human spirit through life’s experience.”
Ruganis constructs his move as more philosophical than politics, but it comes amidst the growth of the escape of LGBTQ celebrities from the United States.
Actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell March 2025 Tiktok Video That she has moved to Ireland. Her decision comes after years of rebuttal with President Donald Trump, who recently renewed his attack on her.
“I wasn’t the kind of person I thought I would move to another country, but that’s what I decided was the best for myself and my 12-year-old,” O’Donnell said. “When it’s safe for all citizens to have equal rights in America, that’s when we consider coming back.”
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have been married since 2008 and have recently moved to the UK.
“We arrived here the day before the election and woke up to a lot of texts from friends crying the painting. And we say, ‘We’re staying here,'” DeGeneres told an English audience. July 2025.
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