Pro snowboarr and film director Tanner Penlton me out as gay an exclive terview for Torment magaze timed for Pri.
Contents:
- 5 GAY SNOWBOARRS E OUT TOGETHER
- AFTER G OUT AS GAY, ACPLISHED SNOWBOARR REKDL HIS LOVE OF THE SPORT
- JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK
- TANNER PENLTON COM OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE SNOWBOARDG
- SKI CHAMPN COM OUT AS GAY: ‘I’M READY TO BE HAPPY’
- THE ARE THE 6 OPENLY GAY ATHLET PETG AT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS
- OPENLY GAY SNOWBOARR BELLE BROCKHOFF MAK OLYMPICS SPE KNEE JURY
- PRO SNOWBOARR TANNER PENDLETON COM OUT AS GAY
- GAY SNOWBOARR GO FOR GOLD UNR SOCHI'S ANTI-LGBT SHADOW
5 GAY SNOWBOARRS E OUT TOGETHER
Torment magaze profiled five snowboarrs who, until now, were not known to be gay: Tanner Pendleton, Kennedi Deck, Chad Unger, Jill Perks and Jake Kuzyk. * gay snowboarder *
“I also thk there’s a difference between knowg that you’re gay and acceptg that you’re gay. Java Fernanz, a self-scribed close iend of Pendleton, nducted the terview and wrote that she herself was surprised to learn Pendleton is gay. And on Tuday, Profsnal snowboarr and skateboarr Jake Kuzyk me out as gay.
I’m very proud to be gay!
AFTER G OUT AS GAY, ACPLISHED SNOWBOARR REKDL HIS LOVE OF THE SPORT
Jake Kuzyk joed four other snowboarrs g out as gay on a snowboardg webse. * gay snowboarder *
After g out as gay, acplished snowboarr rekdl his love of the sport. Beyond the mors, two thgs were very real to me at this time: the abily to snowboard more than I ever had before, and the burgeong realizatn that I was gay.
JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK
Profsnal snowboarr and film director Tanner Penlton me out as gay an terview wh Torment Magaze, makg him part of a small but growg group of LGBTQ+ athlet the snowsports world * gay snowboarder *
Every time I fell or didn’t execute a trick wh style, someone would scream, “That was so gay!
TANNER PENLTON COM OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE SNOWBOARDG
In an terview wh The New York Tim, Hig Roberts, a two-time U.S. natnal champn, be the first ele men’s Alpe skier to publicly e out as gay, hopg to enurage others to be themselv. * gay snowboarder *
What’s so bad about beg gay?
SKI CHAMPN COM OUT AS GAY: ‘I’M READY TO BE HAPPY’
* gay snowboarder *
As a proud gay man, I started petg the qualifier seri for the Freeri World Tour, the profsnal circu for big mounta snowboardg. As this season begs, I’m trag to pete the qualifier seri wh the goal of wng and beg the first publicly out gay man to pete a profsnal snowboard ntt.
Profsnal snowboarr and skateboarr Jake Kuzyk me out as gay on Tuday, the fifth LGBTQ snowboarr to do so a seri of terviews on Torment magaze’s webse. Kuzyk jos fellow snowboarrs Chad Unger, Kennedi Deck, Jill Perks and Tanner Pendleton g out on Torment, a clear sign that snowboardg is shakg off s homophobic past. He told Torment that he disvered Pendleton was gay 2018 before attendg a memorial service for fellow snowboarr Dillon Ojo.
I had no ia [Tanner] was gay, so when he told me and I put down the phone, I cried my room.
THE ARE THE 6 OPENLY GAY ATHLET PETG AT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS
When Tanner told me he was gay, I felt pletely disarmed. “I’m gay. (Follow @alyroe on Twter) story is part of ESPN's ongog seri explorg what means to be an openly gay athlete the post-acceptance world.
And so, as we s down together Los Angel September, he begs the only way he knows how: "I gus I should start by sayg, 'I'm gay.
OPENLY GAY SNOWBOARR BELLE BROCKHOFF MAK OLYMPICS SPE KNEE JURY
If they knew he was gay, would the kids idolize him as much?
Would his iends stop g "gay" as a scriptor for all thgs that suck? Kenworthy knew he was gay as early as 5 years old and felt different om other boys.
"Unls you're gay, beg gay has never been looked at as beg ol. Gay marriage is legal now, attus are changg. Take, for stance, the former sponsor who ma a c anti-gay remark about why Kenworthy was once late to a petn.
PRO SNOWBOARR TANNER PENDLETON COM OUT AS GAY
Take his physil therapist, who once told Kenworthy that he uldn't even image talkg to a gay guy all night. ("I thought, 'You've talked to a gay guy for two hours a day, four days a week for seven months. ' ")Take the nstant dmbeat of livg a culture that the words "gay" and "fag" as monly as "stoked.
Today, might be a Facebook rant or an Instagram post om a pro snowboarr who's annoyed that "skier fags" have filtrated another ntt or plag that a shoddy halfpipe is "gay. "I'm sure there have been gay actn sports athlet the past, " Dorey says.
It didn’t work out that way, and Chythlook-Sifsof me out publicly durg the 2014 Wter Olympics Sochi, rponse to Rsian laws that forba public monstratns of homosexualy.
GAY SNOWBOARR GO FOR GOLD UNR SOCHI'S ANTI-LGBT SHADOW
Snowboardg film director Tanner Penlton me out as gay an terview wh Torment Magaze, makg him part of a small but growg group of LGBTQ+ athlet the snowsports world.