Personal Life
Galindo is of Mexican descent by way of his grandparents on his father's side. In 1996, he disclosed his homosexuality in Christine Brennan's book Inside Edge: A Revealing Journey Into the Secret World of Figure Skating (ISBN 0-385-48607-3), which was published shortly before he won his national title in 1996. He is the first openly gay skating champion in the U.S. He published his autobiography Icebreaker in 1997 (ISBN 0-671-00390-9). In 2000, he announced he was HIV positive.
In 2006, Galindo was a celebrity judge on the WE tv series Skating's Next Star, created and produced by Major League Figure Skating and hosted by Kristi Yamaguchi.
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