Central Oh's Premier Gay & Lbian Golf League
Contents:
- GAY FORMER LLEGE GOLFER IS MAKG HIS SPORT A MORE WELG PLACE FOR LGBTQ ATHLET
- LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
- CENTRAL OH'S PREMIER GAY & LBIAN GOLF LEAGUE
GAY FORMER LLEGE GOLFER IS MAKG HIS SPORT A MORE WELG PLACE FOR LGBTQ ATHLET
The Different Strok Golf Associatn, DSGA, is a DFW based golf league that aniz fun and petive golf events for gay and lbian golfers of all skill levels. Our league provis a iendly social gatherg pot for gay and lbian persons who enjoy golf. Adults — nearly six percent — intify as gay, while a further lve to the numbers shows that almost 16 percent of Generatn Z (18-23-yearolds) intify as LGBTQ.
Jog Stonewall as his workload allows, Kyle Wn, PGA, is a gay golf profsnal and the golf and events sal ordator at Shadow Ridge, as well as a life skills ach at The First Tee of the Coachella Valley. “There actually ed to be a bar Palm Sprgs named Dk’s, which is an old joke the gay muny.
It’s actually an acronym that stands for ‘Double Ine No Kids, ’ which is still reprentative of many gay upl. There are a lot of gay upl wh money to spend on hobbi that st a ltle b more, such as golf. The dollars, the rounds and the Gallup poll notwhstandg, beg gay Ameri still reprents taboo for much of the culture, on or off the turf.
LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
“It wasn’t okay to be an openly gay golfer anyplace the untry 1990, or even 2000, ” Buie says. A hundred toward the ast, another of the natn’s largt gay golf groups te up wh equal ardor, albe wh a different approach to s msagg. The group’s retired Mare founr don’t see a need to openly promote the group’s gay membership.
CENTRAL OH'S PREMIER GAY & LBIAN GOLF LEAGUE
From Metti’s vantage pot, a arth of gay golf groups serv as a signifier that an overt LGBTQ prence the game may be far om reachg the latter ne.
“I thk that most of avid gay golfers still feel left out some rpects, ” Wn nclus.