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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
GAY-FRIENDLY RTRANTS VAIL
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Brad Okirk / Summ Daily Frank Acsta is a lear the lol gay muny, but you wouldn't know om lookg at him on the slop - unls you happened to glimpse the yellow and blue Human Rights Campaign sticker affixed to the si of his ski |. ”I never chose to be gay, ” said McCloskey.
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.
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“Yet the majory by far – even 95 percent of the gay-lbian-bisexual-transgenr muny – is still hidn. ” Gay iendly? 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.
SUMM’S GAY MUNY BARELY VISIBLE
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.
“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.
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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. '” he, many the gay muny thk will always be tough to be out the open, given the unty’s relatively small year-round populatn.
GAY SKI WEEK VAIL BRGS CROWDS
“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.