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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! 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.
JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK
* gay snowboarders *
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.
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?
AFTER G OUT AS GAY, ACPLISHED SNOWBOARR REKDL HIS LOVE OF THE SPORT
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.
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. Tanner me out as gay to his close iend Java Fernanz the Torment terview, and adms was tough to e to terms wh his sexualy a sport like snowboardg. RELATED: Photographer Stephen Shelky - Comg Out is A Lifelong JourneyAlongsi Penlton, snowboarrs Jake Kuzyk, Kennedi Deck, Chad Unger and Jill Perks also me out as gay.
TANNER PENLTON COM OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE SNOWBOARDG
Torment Mag terviews shed an credible light on the personal stggle beg gay what many would nsir an tolerant environment is, and Penlton offers some sight to his stggle:. This is terrible, but my whole life I sort of felt like beg gay was a problem. It even extends to funny scenars… Like I’d be ad-tired drivg the van full of people on a trip, and I’d be like, “I n’t stop drivg bee I n’t be the gay guy that n’t drive.
For example, I’d be like, “Well, yeah, maybe I’m gay, but I’m a good snowboarr.
” And then as I started makg vios, I was like “Yeah, maybe I’m gay, but I’m a good filmmaker. When asked about what he lov about gay culture, Penlton says:. If you look at the history of mic, fashn and art, a lot of is rooted gay artists and culture.