Olympian Amber Glenn Says She Got “Scary” Threats for Supporting LGBTQ+ Rights

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

Olympian Amber Glenn Says She Got "Scary" Threats for Supporting LGBTQ+ Rights

https://www.them.us/story/amber-glenn-scary-threats-lgbtq-rights 🔗

Samantha Riedel (9 Feb 2026)

U.S. Olympic figure skater Amber Glenn says she has "never had so many people wish me harm before," after her comments supporting LGBTQ+ rights touched a nerve with conservatives.

After the U.S. squad won a team gold medal in figure skating, Glenn wrote in a post to her Instagram stories on Sunday that she would be taking a social media break for her mental health after the "outlandish" backlash, the New York Times reported.

"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," Glenn wrote on Instagram, per USA Today. "I did anticipate this but I am disappointed by it."

During a February 4 press conference, Glenn, who publicly came out as pansexual in 2019, was asked about her take on President Donald Trump's "approach toward the LGBT community."

"It isn't the first time that we've had to come together as a community and try and fight for our human rights," Glenn responded. "Now especially, it's not just affecting the queer community, but many other communities, and I think that we are able to support each other in a way that we didn't have to before, and because of that, it's made us a lot stronger."

[Dances With Trees]

I hope that Amber Glenn's voice is not silenced by the hatred and threats of violence against her. I hope none of our voices are silenced.

[Lori Dee ✅]

I find it interesting that we see so much of this visible hatred toward the LGBTQ community, and yet there is never a queer group spewing hate at the cis conservative groups.

I guess what you say about others reflects more on you than on your target. The LGBTQ community is all about love, support, and accepting our differences. On the other side, not so much. They can't even get along with each other, let alone the rest of the human race. It really is sad.

Pathetic little people who believe that it makes them look good to put others down and threaten them. It just shows how pathetic they really are.