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Queer people on wheels. What uld be better? Oaks Amement Park pairs the fun of roller skatg wh queer muny to offer an clive space for queer people to e together and exprs themselv publicly. Gay Skate occurs every first and third Monday of the month and lasts om 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets st

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GAY SKATE

View the l surroundg purchasg of admissn to Adult Skate, Kids' Morng Skate, Chipper's Prchool Skate, and Gay Skate. * oaks park gay skate night *

Startg January 2022, Oaks Park will host Gay Skate on the first and third Monday of every month.

The first time I went to Gay Skate at Oaks Park, I was 19, and on a first date wh a girl om my llege. It’s been around for so long that now people who started g to Gay Skate as teens n brg their own children to the event.

OAKS PARK GAY SKATE IS ON A ROLL

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Back when Safar first started spng there, Gay Skate looked a ltle different.

Started 1991 as a fundraiser for gay men’s square-dancg group the Rosetown Ramblers, the event almost exclively attracted gay men  s earlit days—no women and fely no LGBTQ youth. In her time, she’s seen Gay Skate go om an event that pulled 50 people to one that attracts hundreds. In fact, the event has gotten so popular that, startg January 2022, Oaks Park will start prentg Gay Skate twice a month, every first and third Monday.

But Gay Skate offers an alternative, all-ag space to e together.

GAY SKATE NIGHT

” Years after she started workg here, MacKay has two dghters who e to Gay Skate nights.

The last skate of 2021 was Gay Skate’s 30th anniversary, and the team went all out. Hosted by Oaks ParkRoll out wh your iends and loved on at Oaks Park’s monthly Gay Skate Ssns, held the first and third Monday nights of the month om 7-9:30 PM. Admissn tickets allow accs to the Oaks Park Roller Rk for the selected Gay Skate Ssn date/time.

Before purchasg tickets, review the Gay Skate Ticketg Polici. Tickets are available startg 40 days more rmatn about Gay Skate at Oaks Park, vis:. Gay Skate occurs every first and third Monday of the month and lasts om 7 to 9:30 p.

GAY SKATE @ OAKS PARK

Gay Skate first buted at Oaks Park 1991. It was one of the first events Portland for LGBTQ+ people of all ag, and origally began as a fundraiser for a private gay men’s square-dancg group lled the Rosetown Ramblers.

PRI KEEPS ROLLG AT OAKS PARK GAY SKATE

Eventually, Gay Skate dropped the partnerships and beme s own pennt event at Oaks Park. This sense of safety for the public exprsn of queerns has rried on to today the welg atmosphere Gay Skate has created.

While beg open to all, the park cid to keep the Gay Skate name as homage to the event’s history.

“We’ve kept the Gay Skate name bee impli more than jt gay obvly, jt as herance, beg that was such a longstandg event and that giv a nod to the brave people who at the begng started , ” MacKay said. Alfie Padilla is a regular at Gay Skate, attendg nearly every event.

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