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Contents:
- THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN
- HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
- 'QUEER SKATEBOARDG': PHOTOGRAPHER DOCUMENTS GAY SKATER CULTURE
- JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK
- GAY PRI SKATEBOARDS & OUTDOOR GEAR
- BRIAN ANRSON, SKATEBOARDG STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN
Three figure skaters, Amerin Jason Brown and Canadians Pl Poirier and Kalyn Weaver, me out as gay and queer for Pri Month. * skateboards are gay *
Vlent anti-gay attacks the early 1980s and 1990s wh the male-domated world of skate led many to hi their sexualy.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
Jake Kuzyk joed four other snowboarrs g out as gay on a snowboardg webse. * skateboards are gay *
Brian Anrson, a skater who rose to populary the 1990s, remembers regularly hearg gay slurs, which ma him thk at a young age that was dangero to talk about his sexualy. In 2016 Anrson beme the first high-profile profsnal skater to e out as gay, somethg he never thought he would do.
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'QUEER SKATEBOARDG': PHOTOGRAPHER DOCUMENTS GAY SKATER CULTURE
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JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK
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GAY PRI SKATEBOARDS & OUTDOOR GEAR
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BRIAN ANRSON, SKATEBOARDG STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
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