VAIL, Colo. - Vail Gay Ski Week promoters and volunteers are predictg Vail's event will bee Colorado's gay ski weekIt's the first year for Vail Gay Ski Week, while
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- GAY-FRIENDLY RTRANTS VAIL
- GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS VAIL
- GAY NIGHTLIFE VAIL
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS VAIL
- SUMM’S GAY MUNY BARELY VISIBLE
- LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS VAIL, CO
- VAIL’S GAY SKI WEEK BRGS CROWDS
- GAY SKI WEEK VAIL BRGS CROWDS
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”I never chose to be gay, ” said McCloskey.
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McCloskey’s gold band is symbolic not only of his love for Mike, but also of gay life Summ County.
On the surface, the gay muny is barely visible. Those who pay close attentn might glimpse a few rabow stickers on tck bumpers and ski helmets; or at a by bar or rtrant, they might see a pair of men whose lgerg looks to each other’s ey ht at somethg more than Basger, who has been volved HIV-preventn outreach for many years through Wtern Colorado AIDS Project, said that gay life most ral muni, cludg Summ County, is ed hard to see.
“Yet the majory by far – even 95 percent of the gay-lbian-bisexual-transgenr muny – is still hidn. ” Gay iendly?
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McCloskey and his partner bought a small ndo Summ County and moved to the High Country about a year-and-a-half ago pursu of an outdoor-oriented mounta liftyle and challengg reers, which are exactly what they they didn’t e here for, or get, was a large, high-profile gay muny wh which to socialize and intify. I would love to say we do have a lot of gay iends, but we don’t, ” McCloskey two ocsnally meet for a cktail or two at a lol bar wh a handful of other gay men, anized by Summ Scene, an rmal gay social for the most part, the uple spends time off and on the clock wh heterosexual iends and -workers, most of whom know about and embrace their homosexualy.
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“I’ve never had any negativy directed at me Summ County bee I’m gay.
”Summ Cove rint Barbara Bond, print of Summ County’s chapter of Parents, Friends and Fai of Lbians and Gays, known lolly as PFLAG, scrib the unty as “que gay-iendly. ”Bond and her hband, Keh, who have a bisexual dghter, found the group 1994, when they disvered no formal support work for the gay muny and s iends and fai.
Bee so many people e om elsewhere – and gays and lbians e for the same reason – they’re more open-md people. ”But Summ Scene, PFLAG and the Bunkhoe – a gay bed and breakfast near Breckenridge – are the only formal rourc for members of the gay muny seekg support or social opportuni.
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Breckenridge rint Frank Acsta has worked to crease the visibily and the acceptance of the gay muny through the gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr film seri, part of the annual Breckenridge Ftival of Film, for four years nng.
Through the seri, gay-themed documentari, dramas and edi prise about 20 percent of the entire fall ftival’s lp. “For gays, gave them a venue to ngregate.
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'” he, many the gay muny thk will always be tough to be out the open, given the unty’s relatively small year-round populatn. “They generally tend to talk more, and I thk gays and lbians are very much ls cled to hold hands public for exactly that reason.
In the workplaceSumm County’s largt employers, Vail Rorts and Intrawt, both reach out to the gay muny through their employment polici. Gay rort workers’ same-sex partners receive season ski pass and are eligible for enrollment the rorts’ health surance plans. ”I’ve never had any kd of hate directed at me here bee I’m gay, ” said Todd Dupree, a rtrant manager at Keystone Rort.
”I would see people who were perceived as gay jt get bagged on, ” the man said. ”Such suatns are pecially hard for young, gay, seasonal workers who e to town not knowg a soul and are sperate to f , the man said. – Vail Gay Ski Week promoters and volunteers are predictg Vail’s event will bee Colorado’s gay ski week.
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It’s the first year for Vail Gay Ski Week, while ski towns Aspen and Telluri have held succsful gay ski weeks for years. Aspen’s Gay Ski Week sts an average of $6, 000 per person and typilly attracts people om all over, while Vail’s is more the $1, 000 range and the majory of participants are g om the Denver area, said Janyce Brandon, Vail Gay Ski Week spokwoman. As of Thursday morng, the send official day of Vail Gay Ski Week, about 360 people were registered and signed for the event.
Organizers are expectg a lot more Front Rangers to show up Friday for the weekend of events that clu a beer bt party at the Donovan Paviln and a silent ctn and dner benefg the Denver-based Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenr Communy Center of Colorado.
One Avon man, who lls himself Big Dirt, is volunteerg for Gay Ski Week and is lookg forward to workg. He said the Vail area lacks a cent gay and lbian scene, other than the Bully Ranch on Thursday nights. Gay Ski Week is also a great opportuny for people to e out of the closet, Big Dirt said.