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Gus Johnston      

Creative Director at Venables Bell & Partners

Gus Johnston is a Creative Director, filmmaker, anti-homophobia campaigner and former field hockey goalkeeper from Australia, who publicly outed himself as gay in 2011 via a confronting YouTube video entitled "Gus Johnston: The reality of homophobia in sport". The video was brought to broader public attention via Australian and world news and media outlets, including a story on the ABC's 7:30 program.

A former scholarship holder at the Victorian Institute of Sport, Johnston retired from field hockey at the end of 2010, but continues to do work in the sporting community, fighting against homophobia in sport and for the betterment of youth mental health in Australia.

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