Brian Anrson is the openly gay pro skater breakg dtry barriers

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'QUEER SKATEBOARDG': PHOTOGRAPHER DOCUMENTS GAY SKATER CULTURE

Gay people skate.

When asked about her orientatn terviews sometim she jt bsh the qutn of wh “I’m gay. A said thg to note is that he hid his sexualy for many years bee he felt would hurt his reer to be openly gay the “macho” world of skateboardg.

BRIAN ANRSON IS THE OPENLY GAY PRO SKATER BREAKG DTRY BARRIERS

She is openly gay and her fay supports her orientatn which is not always the se nservative untri like the Philipp. ”Self-portra of photographer Ross Lannberger Oak Ridge, LannbergerLannberger adms that as a gay kid skateboardg at his lol skate park a suburban Tennsee, he never felt all that weled by other skateboarrs. “Once I was a ltle b olr, and knowg I was gay, and people throwg around slurs all the time, jt beg around that, I had no tert beg iends wh the people.

It wasn’t until profsnal skateboarr Brian Anrson me out as gay 2016, that Lannberger began to realize there uld be a space for him to be openly gay while also beg embraced wh a sometim homophobic skateboardg culture.

"Skateboarr Ryan Schertz, LannbergerSce 2017, Lannberger has been travelg to different ci and documentg the liv of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer skateboarrs for his photo project tled “Queer Skateboardg. From beg named Skater of the Year (1999) by Thrasher magaze to g out 2016 and beg the first out gay pro skateboarr the sport, Brian Anrson is a symbol of perseverance. You have spoken openly about beg the first out gay skater the skate scene.

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