For decades, the world of professional sports has been minimal in volume with regards to LGBT representation.  To be a young LGBTQ athlete searching for an open and proud sports figure to look to as a role model, was like searching for a glittering jewel buried beneath of mountain of rocks.  And to look for such a coalescence of athleticism and LGBT identity at the Olympics, the quintessential demonstration of Herculean prowess, has not always been easy. But, all of that is changing at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, where LGBT athletes are not only participating, but also thriving.