Profsnal snowboarr and film director Tanner Penlton me out as gay an terview wh Torment Magaze, makg him part of a small but growg group of LGBTQ+ athlet the snowsports world
Contents:
- 5 GAY SNOWBOARRS E OUT TOGETHER
- JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK
- GAY SKI WEEK RETURNS TO ASPEN FOR THE 45TH YEAR
- TANNER PENLTON COM OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE SNOWBOARDG
5 GAY SNOWBOARRS E OUT TOGETHER
Torment magaze profiled five snowboarrs who, until now, were not known to be gay: Tanner Pendleton, Kennedi Deck, Chad Unger, Jill Perks and Jake Kuzyk. * gay snowboard *
“I also thk there’s a difference between knowg that you’re gay and acceptg that you’re gay. Java Fernanz, a self-scribed close iend of Pendleton, nducted the terview and wrote that she herself was surprised to learn Pendleton is gay. And on Tuday, Profsnal snowboarr and skateboarr Jake Kuzyk me out as gay.
I’m very proud to be gay! Profsnal snowboarr and skateboarr Jake Kuzyk me out as gay on Tuday, the fifth LGBTQ snowboarr to do so a seri of terviews on Torment magaze’s webse. Kuzyk jos fellow snowboarrs Chad Unger, Kennedi Deck, Jill Perks and Tanner Pendleton g out on Torment, a clear sign that snowboardg is shakg off s homophobic past.
He told Torment that he disvered Pendleton was gay 2018 before attendg a memorial service for fellow snowboarr Dillon Ojo. I had no ia [Tanner] was gay, so when he told me and I put down the phone, I cried my room. When Tanner told me he was gay, I felt pletely disarmed.
JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK
Jake Kuzyk joed four other snowboarrs g out as gay on a snowboardg webse. * gay snowboard *
“I’m gay.
“As a gay Black woman, is so powerful for me to see other people who look like me the outdoors. Elevatn Mammoth Gay Ski Week returns to the slop of Mammoth Lak the Eastern Sierra Mountas this week, wh plenty of LGBTQ+ skiers, snowboarrs, drag queens, DJs, dancers, and more ready to let loose on the mounta and back at the is happier at the news than Tom Whman who found Elevatn Mammoth Gay Ski Week 20 years ago.
GAY SKI WEEK RETURNS TO ASPEN FOR THE 45TH YEAR
Elevatn founr Tom Whman says LGBTQ+ skiers n expect more than jt a gay party scene at the popular ski week nng March 16-20. * gay snowboard *
Whatever you like to hold on to) ma Elevatn so different om other gay ski weeks when you found 20 years ago? Well, there weren’t that many gay ski weeks 20 years ago. I wanted to create that safe and celebratory space a different type of lotn – one that weaved my gayns wh my love of skig and difference between Elevatn and some other gay ski weeks is that the events aren’t an after-thought.
TANNER PENLTON COM OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE SNOWBOARDG
* gay snowboard *
I wanted Elevatn to be the iendlit gay event the world. And works – the vibe is jt different than your lol gay nightclub. Lunchtime gathergs and on-mounta displays of extreme rabow gayns, inic après-ski events the afternoon, and then themed dance parti at night.