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- BRIAN ANRSON, SKATEBOARDG STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
- LEGENDARY PRO SKATER BRIAN ANRSON COM OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
- PROFSNAL SKATEBOARR BRIAN ANRSON IS GAY, PROUD, AND HAS A NEW ZE
- LEGENDARY PRO SKATER BRIAN ANRSON COM OUT AS GAY
- BRIAN ANRSON G OUT AS GAY DON’T LET SKATEBOARDG OFF THE HOOK
- LEGENDARY PROFSNAL SKATEBOARR BRIAN ANRSON COM OUT AS GAY – WATCH
- LEGENDARY SKATER BRIAN ANRSON COM OUT AS GAY"I WAS A BIG, TOUGH SKATEBOARR—THEY'RE NOT GONNA QUTN THAT."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 27, 2016/7:54 PMBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 27, 2016 / 7:54 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LEGENDARY SKATER BRIAN ANRSON COM OUT AS GAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-09-27T23:54:10.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-09-27T23:54:10.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"SPORTS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEGENDARY SKATEBOARR BRIAN ANRSON, WHO ME ON THE SCENE THE LATE 90S AND BLEW EVERYONE AWAY WH HIS DARG MOV, HAS E OUT AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SPOKE ABOUT HIS SEXUALY THE LATT STALLMENT OF VICE SPORTS' REDA FOR THE WORLD WH GVANNI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PEOPLE ASK, 'WHY ARE YOU DOG THIS NOW AND NOT EARLIER?' IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE BENEFICIAL.'" HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BEE I WAS PRETTY EAKED OUT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I WAS REALLY SRED, AND PEOPLE WOULD HAVE PERCEIVED A LOT DIFFERENTLY, I THK, HAD I SAID THIS 15 YEARS AGO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANRSON WAS ABLE TO SLIP BY, PART, BEE HE DON'T F THE STEREOTYPE OF WHAT WE NSIR A GAY MAN: THRASHER MAGAZE SCRIBED HIM AS "THIS BARBARIC DU," AND HIS IENDS THE VIO REFER TO HIM AS ""BURLY," "TIMIDATG"... "AN AX MURRER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WAS A BIG, TOUGH SKATEBOARR," SAYS ANRSON. "THEY'RE NOT GONNA QUTN THAT. NOBODY THOUGHT ANYTHG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANRSON TURNED PRO AROUND AUGT 1998, AND A YEAR LATER WAS NAMED THRASHER'S SKATER OF THE YEAR. AT 40, HE'S STILL RIDG, AND HAS SPONSORSHIPS WH SPFIRE WHEELS AND NIKE. (HIS SIGNATURE NIKE SB SHOE LNCHED 2013.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IRONILLY, HE SAYS, RRYG THE BURN OF HIS SEXUALY MAY HAVE PHED HIM TO TAKE MORE RISKS ON THE BOARD. "A PART OF ME WAS SO IRRATED AND ANGRY OM HOLDG THAT SO MA ME MORE OF AN ANIMAL ON MY SKATEBOARD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER GAY SKATERS—LONGTIME FOLLOWERS OF THE SPORT ARE MENTNG JARRETT BERRY AND TIM VON WERNE—BUT NONE REACHED THE LEVEL ANRSON DID, AND NONE HAVE BEEN EMBRACED SO SWIFTLY AFTER G {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEE BRIAN ACTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- BRIAN ANRSON IS THE OPENLY GAY PRO SKATER BREAKG DTRY BARRIERS
BRIAN ANRSON, SKATEBOARDG STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
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“My name is Brian Anrson, I’m a profsnal skateboarr, and we are here to talk about the fact that I am gay, ” Mr. Anrson, who liv Queens, beme skateboardg’s most proment pro star to e out as gay, jog the steady trickle of athlet om other sports who have done so over the last few years. Anrson said an terview Wednday all s untercultural ol, skateboardg has historilly been party to the same kds of homophobia found other male-domated stutns.
Until fairly recently, many skate parks had a certa locker-room feel, wh gay slurs and sensive jok. There is even a 1980s-era trick lled the Gay Twist, a homophobic reference to beg “the gay way” of performg a particular kd of recently, skateboardg culture has shifted.
There have been skateboard graphics celebratg gay marriage and magaze articl qutng why so few skaters are out.
LEGENDARY PRO SKATER BRIAN ANRSON COM OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
Skateboardg legend Brian Anrson publicly me out as gay wh a mi documentary about his experienc petive skateboardg. * brian anderson gay *
“All the kids who were stg there at home thkg, like, ‘Wa, my favore skater is gay?
PROFSNAL SKATEBOARR BRIAN ANRSON IS GAY, PROUD, AND HAS A NEW ZE
Legendary pro skater Brian Anrson publicly discs beg gay and his fear and shame over the years new sports documentary for Vice. * brian anderson gay *
Friends and dtry sirs have been aware for more than a , and mors that he may be gay have been a equent topic of discsn skateboard rners of the March, durg a skate ntt Tampa, Fla., Gvanni Reda, a iend and director, asked Mr. “At first he was a ltle apprehensive, and I was like, ‘Du, there is probably a kid here right now who is gay, ” Mr. ” Rpect and sponsorships followed, but he kept his sexualy a Anrson told Vice that hearg gay slurs all the time ma him thk at a young age that was “really dangero” to talk about his gay may be easier today, he add the terview, but ’s still not easy.
He kept his sexualy hidn for fear would kill his burgeong reer, and the vio suggts that skateboardg wasn’t ready for a gay skater when Mr.
There was also the time he was at the Eagle, a gay bar Portland, Ore., when a fellow skateboarr regnized him. 29, 2016: Bee of an edg error, an earlier versn of this article misstated the source of a statement by Brian Anrson that hearg gay slurs ma him believe at a young age that was “really dangero” to talk about his sexualy. He is the most proment profsnal skateboarr to e out as gay, not the we handle rrectnsA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn ST, Page 10 of the New York edn wh the headle: A Skater’s Most Forceful Move Yet.
LEGENDARY PRO SKATER BRIAN ANRSON COM OUT AS GAY
Profsnal skateboarr Brian Anrson publicly me out as gay. In a mi-documentary ma wh Vice Sports that buted on Tuday, the 40-year-old dtry legend said, “my name is Brian Anrson, I’m a profsnal skateboarr, and we are here to talk about the fact that I am gay. “I nsir myself a skateboarr first, gay send, ” he said.
In September of 2016, VICE Sports released a short documentary, Brian Anrson on Beg a Gay Profsnal Skateboarr, chroniclg the g out story of pro skateboarr Brian Anrson. He was one of the most regnized pros the dtry -- makg his g out all the more important for LGBTQ visibily, pecially the profsnal sports talkg to Rollg Stone about his experience, Anrson discsed the apprehensn he had around g out, pecially due to the rather homophobic environments he often found himself . "Nowadays there are televisn shows about gays and transgenr people.
Startg wh a cryptic Instagram msage over the summer, Anrson teased somethg dubbed Cave Homo. "Cave Homo was jt somethg Brian had wrten out on a notebook, " Williams told VICE Creators.
BRIAN ANRSON G OUT AS GAY DON’T LET SKATEBOARDG OFF THE HOOK
Last fall he starred Vice Sports’s vio, which the 6-foot-3 burly boarr me out as gay and set that world ablaze.
LEGENDARY PROFSNAL SKATEBOARR BRIAN ANRSON COM OUT AS GAY – WATCH
Anrson was by far the most proment, and his openns has created new dialogu a sport where homosexualy was mostly unheard of, and often Anrson has been out to his fay sce he was 25, his public revelatn—after which he says his sponsors, which clu Nike, as well as his lleagu embraced him—has meant that his voice has taken on new importance both profsnal sports and the liftyle that is skateboardg. To that end, on Saturday, June 24, he will publish Cave Homo, an entirely new kd of skate ze. ” He told me years ago, “If anyone kicks you off their team for beg gay, I’ll put you on me tomorrow.
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You got 50 guys unr a tent at a skate petn, [I bet] at least three of them have got to be gay. In 2016, Anrson beme the first regnized openly gay skateboarr, announcg so a VICE Sports documentary that elevated him to a muny SB Bt of BA@bthurstonanrsonBrian's InstagramMore om Brian AnrsonLoad More. "I nsir myself a skateboarr first, gay send".
Durg that time, as he was beg an in to skateboarrs around the globe, he was hidg the fact that he was gay so that he wouldn’t potentially sabotage his pro skateboardg reer.
BRIAN ANRSON IS THE OPENLY GAY PRO SKATER BREAKG DTRY BARRIERS
In a new “Vice Sports” documentary wh Gvanni Reda, Anrson discs beg gay publicly for the first time. “The whole dtry knew, but people loved Brian so much, really didn’t get out, ” Templeton says, explag that he would have thought was “awome” and tried to promote Anrson as the first high-profile gay skater (Jarrett Berry and Tim Von Werne me out but were nsired more margal to the sport).
“I nsir myself a skateboarr first, gay send, ” he says. A history of homophobia — Five years ago, Huck reported on a culture of silence that enuraged gay skaters to rema the closet. Patrick Welch reviss an unanswered qutn: is skateboardg riddled wh homophobia?
The Instagram photo he posted after that documentary dropped, of him and his boyiend chillg on the ferry to New York’s gay paradise Fire island, was a genue first for skatg: an NBD worthy of the ver of Thrasher. Well done, BA, everyone has been que rightly, too – I n’t say enough: that guy serv all the praise the world for beg the first out gay pro skater.