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WATCH: Out Sochi Olympics Delegate Caitlin Cahow Talks to Matt Lauer About Going to Russia
President Obama named Openly gay Olympic hockey player Caitlin Cahow –along with Billie Jean King – to the delegation headed to the Sochi Olympics. Cahow appeared on The Today Show with Matt Lauer this morning to discuss her going to Russia on behalf of the United States.
At one point Lauer asks if Cahow thinks she would have been chosen for the job if she weren’t gay.
Watch how Cahow deftly handles his question, along with everything else he fires at her.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
