Queer people on wheels. What uld be better? Oaks Amement Park pairs the fun of roller skatg wh queer muny to offer an clive space for queer people to e together and exprs themselv publicly. Gay Skate occurs every first and third Monday of the month and lasts om 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets st
Contents:
- OAKS PARK GAY SKATE IS ON A ROLL
- PRI KEEPS ROLLG AT OAKS PARK GAY SKATE
- 'QUEER SKATEBOARDG': PHOTOGRAPHER DOCUMENTS GAY SKATER CULTURE
- BIG GAY ROLLER SKATE: PRI EDN ~ LGBTQ SKATE NIGHT
OAKS PARK GAY SKATE IS ON A ROLL
* gay pride roller skating *
Startg January 2022, Oaks Park will host Gay Skate on the first and third Monday of every month. The first time I went to Gay Skate at Oaks Park, I was 19, and on a first date wh a girl om my llege. It’s been around for so long that now people who started g to Gay Skate as teens n brg their own children to the event.
Back when Safar first started spng there, Gay Skate looked a ltle different. Started 1991 as a fundraiser for gay men’s square-dancg group the Rosetown Ramblers, the event almost exclively attracted gay men s earlit days—no women and fely no LGBTQ youth. In her time, she’s seen Gay Skate go om an event that pulled 50 people to one that attracts hundreds.
PRI KEEPS ROLLG AT OAKS PARK GAY SKATE
Adam Rippon may be the first out figure skater to pete the Olympics, but he's not the only gay man to have land an axel on the world stage. * gay pride roller skating *
In fact, the event has gotten so popular that, startg January 2022, Oaks Park will start prentg Gay Skate twice a month, every first and third Monday. But Gay Skate offers an alternative, all-ag space to e together.
” Years after she started workg here, MacKay has two dghters who e to Gay Skate nights. The last skate of 2021 was Gay Skate’s 30th anniversary, and the team went all out. Xtreme Actn Park is proud to have partnered wh Wilton Manors Entertament Group, Cy of Wilton Manors and the Greater Fort Lrdale Gay & Lbian Chamber of Commerce to create a fun and entertag eveng for the muny.
Gay Skate occurs every first and third Monday of the month and lasts om 7 to 9:30 p.
'QUEER SKATEBOARDG': PHOTOGRAPHER DOCUMENTS GAY SKATER CULTURE
Gay Skate first buted at Oaks Park 1991. It was one of the first events Portland for LGBTQ+ people of all ag, and origally began as a fundraiser for a private gay men’s square-dancg group lled the Rosetown Ramblers. Eventually, Gay Skate dropped the partnerships and beme s own pennt event at Oaks Park.
BIG GAY ROLLER SKATE: PRI EDN ~ LGBTQ SKATE NIGHT
This sense of safety for the public exprsn of queerns has rried on to today the welg atmosphere Gay Skate has created. While beg open to all, the park cid to keep the Gay Skate name as homage to the event’s history. “We’ve kept the Gay Skate name bee impli more than jt gay obvly, jt as herance, beg that was such a longstandg event and that giv a nod to the brave people who at the begng started , ” MacKay said.
Alfie Padilla is a regular at Gay Skate, attendg nearly every event. In the future, Oaks Park plans to not only ntue Gay Skate, but add even more queer events to the skatg muny. Gay Skate is an event meant for all ag, aimed specifilly at offerg a safe space for queer dividuals.
Few plac this world foster a sense of muny and well-beg, but the Cy of Glendale and the Gay and Lbian Communy are privileged to have the hospaly of Domic Cangelosi, Owner/Operator and the MOONLIGHT ROLLERWAY ROLLER SKATING RINK.