Gay Skate at Oaks Park Roller Rk Turns 30 | Portland Monthly

Contents:

• GAY SKATE
• OAKS PARK GAY SKATE IS ON A ROLL
• GAY SKATE
• GAY SKATE @ OAKS PARK
• GAY SKATE @ OAKS PARK
• PRI KEEPS ROLLG AT OAKS PARK GAY SKATE
• FILE:GAY SKATE AT OAKS PARK ROLLER SKATG RK, PORTLAND, OREGON (2022)

GAY SKATE

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. 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.

OAKS PARK GAY SKATE IS ON A ROLL

But Gay Skate offers an alternative, all-ag space to e together. ” Years after she started workg here, MacKay has two dghters who e to Gay Skate nights.

GAY SKATE

The last skate of 2021 was Gay Skate’s 30th anniversary, and the team went all out. Gay Skate.

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We hope to make this THE #1 place to quickly see what’s gog on tonight, tomorrow, and beyond your favore Portland area gay clubs along wh plac you’ve yet to vis and gay events you’ve yet to disver! Hosted by PQ Monthly wh Oaks Park Roller Skatg RkGay Skate has taken place at Oaks Park Roller Skatg Rk for over twenty years.

GAY SKATE @ OAKS PARK

For your fashn guidance, please note that hats are not allowed on the skatg floor (for safety reasons) event is tradnally held on the third Monday of the month om 7:00 - 9:00pm (except June), and funds llected on Gay Skate nights are typilly donated to It will say on the Oaks Park webse that the rk is closed but that is not the se -- this is jt a special event. 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 @ OAKS PARK

Gay Skate occurs every first and third Monday of the month and lasts om 7 to 9:30 p. 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.

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.

PRI KEEPS ROLLG AT OAKS PARK GAY SKATE

“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.

In the future, Oaks Park plans to not only ntue Gay Skate, but add even more queer events to the skatg muny.

FILE:GAY SKATE AT OAKS PARK ROLLER SKATG RK, PORTLAND, OREGON (2022)

Gay Skate is an event meant for all ag, aimed specifilly at offerg a safe space for queer dividuals. English: Gay Skate at Oaks Park Roller Skatg Rk, Portland, Oregon (2022).