Editing Brian Boitano (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Brian Boitano on July 27, 2024, in Paris, France (cropped).jpg|thumb|Brian Boitano at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.]]
In December 2013, Boitano was named to the United States delegation to the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]], [[Russia]]. In conjunction with that appointment, Boitano publicly [[Coming out|came out]] as gay.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/sochi/2013/12/19/brian-boitano-announces-he-is-gay-sochi-delegation/4125427/ Brian Boitano announces he's gay before trip to Sochi], by Christine Brennan, at ''[[USA Today]]''; published December 19, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.</ref><ref name=Sieczkowski>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brian-boitano-comes-out-gay_n_4474418 |title=Figure Skater Brian Boitano Comes Out As Gay Ahead Of Sochi Olympics |last=Sieczkowski |first=Cavan |work=[[HuffPost]] |date=December 19, 2013}}</ref>

The Sochi games and Russia were the targets of criticism and [[LGBT]] activism because of a [[Russian anti-LGBT propaganda law|Russian anti-gay "propaganda" law]] passed in June 2013.<ref name=bloombergputinsigns>{{cite news |last=Rose |first=Scott |title=Putin signs law banning gay 'propaganda' among children |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-30/putin-signs-law-banning-gay-propaganda-among-children.html |work=Bloomberg |date=July 1, 2013}}</ref> In January 2014, Boitano told the [[Associated Press]] that he had never wanted to come out until he was named to the delegation.<ref>{{cite news |first=Barry |last=Wilner |date=January 9, 2014 |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/boitano-never-planned-gay-announcement |title=Boitano never planned gay announcement |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=January 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110223517/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/boitano-never-planned-gay-announcement |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |df=mdy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brian Boitano: I never intended to reveal I'm gay |date=January 10, 2014 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brian-boitano-i-never-intended-to-reveal-im-gay/ |publisher=CBS News |language=en-US |access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref>

Boitano's older brother, [[Mark Boitano]], is a real estate agent and former politician. He served as a member of the [[New Mexico Senate]] from 1997 to 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark Boitano says his brother's legacy is more than his sexuality|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/350280/boitano-says-brothers-legacy-is-more-than-his-sexuality.html |work=Albuquerque Journal| access-date=2021-11-01 }}</ref>