Aspen Gay Ski Week to sle back 2021 event |

Contents:

• THE STORY OF ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK
• ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK
• H THE SLOP AND PARTY ASPEN FOR GAY SKI WEEK
• MORE THAN A PARTY: ASPEN’S GAY SKI WEEK RAIS THOANDS OF DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, SUPPORT
• ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK TO SLE BACK 2021 EVENT
• THE INSIR’S GUI TO ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK
• 10 GAY SKI WEEKS AND WTER PRI CELEBRATNS

THE STORY OF ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK

Arguably the biggt party of the wter season, Aspen Gay Ski Week has matured. It was the party culture of the ’70s clashg wh old-fashned unacceptance that led to the formatn of a nonprof to n Aspen Gay Ski Week and e as a force for good the muny. Durg the , a group of lol men had started regularly hangg out wh gay visors om ski clubs around the untry.

By 1977, the rnns beme more official, wh each club hostg parti their ndos on different nights for a week January, and the lol ntgent throwg the wele as liberal as Aspen was, beg gay public wasn’t universally accepted (hence the ndo parti)—a realy that spurred Jon Bch, one of Aspen Gay Ski Week’s founrs, to advote for gay rights after gettg trouble for dancg wh another man at a lol bar.

In 1979, Bch and other lol supporters had reason to celebrate when Aspen beme the first municipaly Colorado to pass an anti-discrimatn policy for gays and lbians. Boulr and Denver followed Aspen’s example, but 1992, Colorado voters passed Amendment 2 to the state nstutn, which revoked gay protectns and prohibed any new on om beg enacted at lol and state levels. Women celebrate Aspen Gay Ski Week at the base of Aspen Mounta 2022.

ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK

This anti-gay policy triggered a wispread and effective boytt of Colorado tourism, particularly pafully felt Aspen, where Gay Ski Week had bee a major wter event and talyst for gay tourism year-round. A legal challenge ensued, and shortly after the US Supreme Court led that Amendment 2 was unnstutnal 1996, Aspen Gay Ski Week was fold to a new 501c3 nonprof: the Aspen Gay and Lbian Communy Fund (now AspenOUT) olst and largt gay ski event the untry (more than 3, 000 people are expected this year), Aspen Gay Ski Week has evolved far beyond ndo parti. A wboy dance party at the Belly Up and boy band ver group at the Wheeler are exampl of events put on by other enti wh Gay Ski Week atten md.

But as AspenOUT’s ma annual fundraiser, Aspen Gay Ski Week is much more than a good time— mak possible the anizatn’s growg mental health and tn work. Wh funds om Gay Ski Week, for example, AspenOUT provis facilators to Roarg Fork Valley schools’ gay stunt allianc (GSAs) and onle mental health trag for unselors and teachers.

H THE SLOP AND PARTY ASPEN FOR GAY SKI WEEK

“Aspen Snowmass is very clive and has always been very supportive of Aspen Gay Ski Week, not only bee ’s good for the enomy, but bee ’s good for the muny, ” says McManamon. A group of skiers and hikers celebrate Aspen Gay Ski Week atop Highland Peak. Aspen Snowmass is one of many proud sponsors of Aspen Gay Ski Week, but the pany’s support of the LGBTQ+ muny don’t stop there.

MORE THAN A PARTY: ASPEN’S GAY SKI WEEK RAIS THOANDS OF DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, SUPPORT

And on a state and natnal level, the pany speaks out on policy—notably signg the amic brief the 2015 US Supreme Court se that legalized gay while there’s still work to be done, the progrs that’s been fostered by Aspen Gay Ski Week and the broar Aspen Snowmass muny is somethg to be proud of. In 2019, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, the untry’s first openly gay ernor, signed a proclamatn regnizg the event’s role beg “a cril part of the fight for civil rights the LGBTQ muny Colorado and across the natn.

Some might say ASGW (Aspen Gay Ski Week) was and is the first form of LGBTQ+ Pri Aspen. Fd out why Condé Naste lls “The alpha and the omega of gay ski weeks. Caribou Club Aspen’s premier private club is openg s doors to Gay Ski Week for a night of dancg and fundraisg.

ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK TO SLE BACK 2021 EVENT

Be sure to follow our social media and sign up for our text msage blasts for the latt on all thgs Gay Ski Week. This stume petn will be judged by a roster of personali, cludg and hosted by Gay Ski Week legend, Mariam T. MEET AT BUTTERMILK BASE AT 10AM Look for our Gay Ski Week wele signs at the gondola.

THE INSIR’S GUI TO ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK

Aspen Gay Ski Week. Aspen Gay Ski Week (AGSW) is the olst annual, week-long gay ski event the natn. A mol for other gay ski weeks, AGSW offers a unique vatn experience the scenic and historic mounta town of Aspen, Colorado.

Aspen Gay Ski Week is also the annual fundraisg event for AspenOUT, a lol non-prof and 501C3 anizatn foced on anti-bullyg and tolerance.

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10 GAY SKI WEEKS AND WTER PRI CELEBRATNS

About Aspen Gay Ski Week. Not Jt a Party – Aspen Gay Ski Week is a Non-Prof Fundraiser. Aspen Gay Ski Week is also the annual fundraisg event for AspenOUT, a lol non-prof and 501(c)(3) anizatn foced on anti-bullyg and tolerance.

AspenOUT produc many events throughout the year, cludg Aspen Gay Ski Week each January, which brgs thoands of GLBT skiers to the mountas of central Colorado. Pass get you to all Gay Ski Week events wh the exceptn of the edy show and the downhill stume para (The Patron pass do clu seats to the).