Three figure skaters, Amerin Jason Brown and Canadians Pl Poirier and Kalyn Weaver, me out as gay and queer for Pri Month.
Contents:
- OAKS PARK GAY SKATE IS ON A ROLL
- VTAGE ST. PETE: WHEN GAY BLAS WAS THE CENTER OF THE SKATG UNIVERSE
- THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN
- GGER MJ - DRAG, LIVE, GAY AND EVEN ON ROLLER SKAT
OAKS PARK GAY SKATE IS ON A ROLL
“All skate, all skate!” When Elynor Gould’s voice me over the public addrs system at Gay Blas Roller Rk, the skaters on the floor – sometim numberg the hundreds – knew that the upl’ skate, backwards skate, Hokey Pokey or other specialty spotlight was over. “All skate” was the announcement that everyone, no matter * gay on roller skates *
Startg January 2022, Oaks Park will host Gay Skate on the first and third Monday of every month.
VTAGE ST. PETE: WHEN GAY BLAS WAS THE CENTER OF THE SKATG UNIVERSE
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.
THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN
In her time, she’s seen Gay Skate go om an event that pulled 50 people to one that attracts hundreds.
GGER MJ - DRAG, LIVE, GAY AND EVEN ON ROLLER SKAT
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. ” 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.