Three figure skaters, Amerin Jason Brown and Canadians Pl Poirier and Kalyn Weaver, me out as gay and queer for Pri Month.
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- THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN
- JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK
THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN
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JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK
She refers to high-profile skaters like Jay Adams, who was nvicted of felony asslt 1982 the fatal beatg of a gay man, and Jason Jsee, who apologized May after old terviews which he ma homophobic slurs rurfaced onle. And by tablishg a place where people will feel accepted and embraced for who they are, the PDX Queer Skate Crew is openg the doors to a sport that saw s first profsnal skater e out as gay ls than two years ago. Vlent anti-gay attacks the early 1980s and 1990s wh the male-domated world of skate led many to hi their sexualy.
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. Proceeds om sal of his Cave Homo ze, which explor Anrson’s journey as an openly gay man, are donated to the LGBTQ+ suici preventn nonprof The Trevor is the first issue of the ze Cave Homo, a llaboratn wh Anrson’s iends, signer Le Williams and photographer Christian Trippe.