Ronald Robertson was gay at the time he was skating, but his sexuality wasn't known until many years afterward. That left the door open for Rudy Galindo to become the first openly gay skating champion in the history of the United States when he won the National Championships in 1996. He'd actually won the award before in 1982 and was a decorated pairs skater with National Championship wins in 1989 and 1990.
Galindo was at the end of his career when he decided to come out as gay, and didn't compete again after that 1996 championship win, opting to go out on a high at the age of 27. He's been living with HIV since 2000 but is healthy and happy with his life in San Jose, California. He's Californian by birth and returned there in 2006 after spending years in Reno, Nevada.