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
Contents:
- 5 GAY SNOWBOARRS E OUT TOGETHER
- JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK
- AFTER G OUT AS GAY, ACPLISHED SNOWBOARR REKDL HIS LOVE OF THE SPORT
- TANNER PENLTON COM OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE SNOWBOARDG
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 snowboarders *
“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!
JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK
Jake Kuzyk joed four other snowboarrs g out as gay on a snowboardg webse. * gay snowboarders *
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.
AFTER G OUT AS GAY, ACPLISHED SNOWBOARR REKDL HIS LOVE OF THE SPORT
I had no ia [Tanner] was gay, so when he told me and I put down the phone, I cried my room. When Tanner told me he was gay, I felt pletely disarmed. “I’m gay.
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. Every time I fell or didn’t execute a trick wh style, someone would scream, “That was so gay!
What’s so bad about beg gay? As a proud gay man, I started petg the qualifier seri for the Freeri World Tour, the profsnal circu for big mounta snowboardg.
TANNER PENLTON COM OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE 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.