Three figure skaters, Amerin Jason Brown and Canadians Pl Poirier and Kalyn Weaver, me out as gay and queer for Pri Month.
Contents:
- 'QUEER SKATEBOARDG': PHOTOGRAPHER DOCUMENTS GAY SKATER CULTURE
- GAY SKATEBOARDS & OUTDOOR GEAR
- THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN
'QUEER SKATEBOARDG': PHOTOGRAPHER DOCUMENTS GAY SKATER CULTURE
In 2016, Brian Anrson publicly revealed that he’s gay, beg the most tablished athlete his sport to do so. * gay skateboard company *
I thk first of all, 's really funny — the headle that Brian Anrson is like, the “first gay pro skater. Gay people skate. When asked about her orientatn terviews sometim she jt bsh the qutn of wh “I’m gay.
GAY SKATEBOARDS & OUTDOOR GEAR
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A said thg to note is that he hid his sexualy for many years bee he felt would hurt his reer to be openly gay the “macho” world of skateboardg. She is openly gay and her fay supports her orientatn which is not always the se nservative untri like the Philipp.
It was a ltle more rough, a lot more homophobic. J- You know, I loved skatg the Bay Area, but yeah, was also pretty homophobic spe everythg. You know, Brian Anrson g out really helped, but I wanted to make sure didn’t foc on gay, cis men who skated, bee that’s very limed.
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THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN
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J- As I said, I’ve not picked up a skate mag a long time, but we have a iend who works at Thrasher and I feel like they’re kda’ beg more aware of what their magaze exus; all the misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic stuff that uld be there. J- Yeah, I mean I’m sure there are lots of gay pros. 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. Cave Homo beme a venue for Anrson’s art, sketch, and photography, highlightg Anrson’s personal terts and his newfound eedom as an openly gay StrberryCher Strberry g her first signature Kevil signed transgenr skater Cher Strberry’s first signature ck.