we're discussing the politics of gay rights with five time olympic champion and diving latin greg louganis mistal again is i know that recently you joined a number of gay advocacy groups in calling on the international olympic committee to deny the hosting of the games in the future or are there sporting events to the countries we chaffed what you describe discriminatory and to get a loss i wonder how you defined discrimination because it can mean anything from capital punishment for being gay to the lack of recognition of same sex marriage what is discrimination for you. discrimination for me is you know the lack of freedom of expression. you know whether that be you know the anti-gay laws that were passed in. propaganda laws that were passed in. you know in russia or. you know the laws of you know uganda where it's a crime it's a crime to be who you are. my views why aren't we celebrating who you know a human being we should and every human life is valuable i mean we wouldn't have had tchaikovsky we wouldn't have had nuri we wouldn't have had. you know countless of martina navratilova you know