A new documentary sh a light on gay surfers around the world, and fds secret liv, stggl for sponsorship – and even suicis. <strong>Will Coldwell</strong> reports
Contents:
- THIS GAY PRO SURFER ME OUT TO HIS "MAT" WHEN A GROCERY CLERK H ON HIM
- EXPLORE OUR GAY UCHSURFG PLAC
- YOUNG IRISH SURFER TO BE FIRST OPENLY GAY SURFER ON WORLD TOUR
THIS GAY PRO SURFER ME OUT TO HIS "MAT" WHEN A GROCERY CLERK H ON HIM
* gay surfing *
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EXPLORE OUR GAY UCHSURFG PLAC
Gay profsnal surfer Craig Butler once bullied kids durg his youth. It's one of his biggt regrets. Now he is tryg to change how people look at gay men sports like surfg. * gay surfing *
So the recently blossomg ttage dtry of gay surf muni marks another, much-need space that allows queer people to be their thentic selv—while also gettg traed a sport they might have long been terted but never felt like they uld be a part ’s still early days for the LGBTQ surf world, but visible muni of queer surfers have begun to bubble up recent years, spac welg everyone om longtime thrill-seekers who’ve felt the need to keep their sexualy unr wraps to those seekg the joy of ridg a wave for the first time their Brazil native Marta Dalla Chia is jt one advote spearheadg this changg current.
One of their most buzzed-about packag is lled, simply, Gay Surf Brazil; ’s a weeklong retreat that nnects LGBTQ+ people terted surfg while also helpg to fight homophobia surfg by simply existg wh the space. It was started 2013, origally partnership wh Thomas Castets, the founr of the social work and producer of Out the Le-up, a documentary about what ’s like to be gay the world of surfg.
YOUNG IRISH SURFER TO BE FIRST OPENLY GAY SURFER ON WORLD TOUR
Surfg Wav Fom - Surf chat, rmatn and discsn - Gay surf buddi? * gay surfing *
“I had never realized the extent of homophobia surfg, ” Dalla Chia says “I always had the imprsn surfers are so chill, that they wouldn't be bothered about this.