Gays are disproportnately reprented on both the Appalachian and Pacific Crt Trails. There is ltle to no evince of discrimatn.
Contents:
- MY TRAY GAVE ME THE CONFINCE TO SAY “I’M GAY”
- GAY HIKERS ARE WELL REPRENTED ON AMERI’S HIKG TRAILS
- HIKG AS A GAY MAN AND HIKG WH A SIGNIFINT OTHER: TWO GUT PERSPECTIV
MY TRAY GAVE ME THE CONFINCE TO SAY “I’M GAY”
“Gay thgs” felt relegated to the cy, Wiley explaed an Instagram post. Even the climbg muny — notorly perceived as overwhelmgly heterosexual — has an annual HomoClimbtastic rock climbg ftival. “Queer people have always been dog the thgs, ” said Lance Garland, a journalist and firefighter the Pacific Northwt who intifi as gay.
As a gay man growg up the Midwt, Meyer said was difficult to fd LGBTQ role mols that he uld intify wh.
GAY HIKERS ARE WELL REPRENTED ON AMERI’S HIKG TRAILS
He didn’t meet an openly gay man until he left Nebraska for llege. “The implic msage that I got was that outdoor culture do not want gay people volved, ” he said.
HIKG AS A GAY MAN AND HIKG WH A SIGNIFINT OTHER: TWO GUT PERSPECTIV
However, Meyer says that his outward appearance has ma relatively easy to be gay the outdoors. Travis Clough, director of trail operatns for the Venture Out Project, says he often hears people say, “Nature don’t re if you’re gay.
I spent years reprsg my homosexualy orr to prerve the stat quo of my life, not realizg that by suffotg an important part of myself, I had bee a passive participant my own story. But fdg the guts to say “I’m gay” out loud and to wear the label wh nfince would prove to be much more challengg. Sooner or later, I’d have to say the words “I’m gay, ” and prepare myself for the rpons and reactns.