The Story of Aspen Gay Ski Week | Celebratg LGBTQ | Aspen Snowmass

Contents:

• AN LGBTQ PARTY ON THE SLOP AT TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK
• THE STORY OF ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK
• 10 GAY SKI WEEKS AND WTER PRI CELEBRATNS
• TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK
• THE 10 BT GAY SKIG VATNS
• WELE TO GAY FRIENDLY WTERN SLOPE/ROCKY MOUNTAS

AN LGBTQ PARTY ON THE SLOP AT TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK

Some might say ASGW (Aspen Gay Ski Week) was and is the first form of LGBTQ+ Pri Aspen. Fd out why Condé Naste lls “The alpha and the omega of gay ski weeks. Wily regard as the top ski statn for LGBTQ travelers, Aspen Snowmass livers wh four mountas of terra, imprsive après ski, smopolan rtrants, world-class hotels, and the annual exuberance of Gay Ski Week—the natn’s biggt (and longt nng) on-snow pri event.

Gay Ski WeekLearn moreAmeri's longt-nng Gay Ski Week is packed wh activi om morng to late to the night.

Takg place every January, Gay Ski Week clus events like drag bnch, group ski days, daily cktail gathergs, après pool parti, edy shows, dance parti, a drag para down the slop of Aspen Mounta, and so much ’t make to Gay Ski Week?

THE STORY OF ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK

History of Gay Ski WeekIn 1977, lol John Bch and gay ski club lears om Chigo, Los Angel, and beyond fally phed to secure space rtrants and public plac while visg Aspen. Their goal was to acmodate and celebrate a wir range of visg gay ski clubs—and the rult was the official start to the longt-nng Gay Ski Week Ameri. Gay Ski Week is the anizatn’s largt fundraisg event every January, but the anizatn hosts shows, muny iativ, parti, programmg, and events year-round.

Plan Your Trip Now Gay Ski WeekA full week of parti, live mic, edy, great dg and — of urse — skig and ridg on Aspen Snowmass' famo terra. “I thk ’s amazg, ” said Wilson about Telluri’s Gay Ski Week. “I’ve never done anythg snowy and gay at the same time.

10 GAY SKI WEEKS AND WTER PRI CELEBRATNS

” (Photos by Kelsey Bnner for The Washgton Post)For one week a year, Telluri, Colo., hosts a celebratn of gay rights, drag and apr-skiTELLURIDE, Colo. — As you drive to Telluri, Colo., late wter, you’re greeted by a banner readg “Telluri Gay Ski Week: Thanks for Comg Out, ” lettg you know om the moment you enter the town that you’re wele. Although gay ski weeks are filled wh apr-ski parti and drag, the origs of the week-long celebratn are rooted LGBTQ rights.

TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK

The first gay ski week was hosted by Telluri’s fellow rort town of Aspen the 1970s by lols Jon Bch, David Hoch, Tom Duterberg and Rsell Anrson. The group of lols would host parti for visg gay tourists ndos, bee beg openly gay was not wily accepted at this 1977, Bch got trouble for dancg wh another man at a bar, and spurred gay rights actns the town. In 1979, Aspen beme the first municipaly the state to pass an anti-discrimatn policy for gays and lbians.

Now, rort towns around the world host gay ski weeks. Telluri’s gay ski week, which started 2002 by Mounta Village, now brgs one of the largt ski groups to the area each year. SBG Productns, the anizer for this year’s event, timat about 2, 000 were attendance year, Telluri’s gay ski week had new events, cludg Gay Sleigh, a horse-drawn rriage ri, and a mounta drag race.

THE 10 BT GAY SKIG VATNS

Organizers also put emphasis on gay artists and wrers wh cultural events such as an art walk, book signgs and a fashn show.

Like durg other gay ski weeks, people e om all over the world to celebrate wh their muny and ski world-class mountas. “I like that timacy of Telluri Gay Ski Week, bee you make iends.

WELE TO GAY FRIENDLY WTERN SLOPE/ROCKY MOUNTAS

”For many, gay ski week celebratns are also a time for healg and acceptance. G Kenworthy, a retired profsnal etyle skier and Olympic silver medalist who grew up Telluri, said there have been tim where he feels as if he has “subsects of his life” as a profsnal athlete and also a gay man, but durg this week, he had another opportuny to marry the two. Like I’m a skier, I’m gay and I feel like to have this week here has been so amazg.