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Contents:

• THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN
• BRIAN ANRSON, SKATEBOARDG STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
• JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK
• 'QUEER SKATEBOARDG': PHOTOGRAPHER DOCUMENTS GAY SKATER CULTURE
• GAY SKATEBOARDS & OUTDOOR GEAR
• THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST
• OAKS PARK GAY SKATE IS ON A ROLL
• PROFSNAL SKATEBOARR BRIAN ANRSON IS GAY, PROUD, AND HAS A NEW ZE

THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN

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BRIAN ANRSON, SKATEBOARDG STAR, COM OUT AS GAY

Proceeds om sal of his Cave Homo ze, which explor Anrson’s journey as an openly gay man, are donated to the LGBTQ+ suici preventn nonprof The Trevor is the first issue of the ze Cave Homo, a llaboratn wh Anrson’s iends, signer Le Williams and photographer Christian Trippe. Cave Homo beme a venue for Anrson’s art, sketch, and photography, highlightg Anrson’s personal terts and his newfound eedom as an openly gay StrberryCher Strberry g her first signature Kevil signed transgenr skater Cher Strberry’s first signature ck. “I am hopg that by beg an all-clive project, uld be a bigger ia than a gay skate pany—and that we n break down barriers together.

JAKE KUZYK OUT AS GAY, FIFTH SNOWBOARR A WEEK

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'QUEER SKATEBOARDG': PHOTOGRAPHER DOCUMENTS GAY SKATER CULTURE

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The three athlet are: Amerin sgl figure skater Jason Brown, who is gay; Canadian ice dancer Pl Poirier, who is gay, and Canadian ice dancer Kalyn Weaver, who is queer.

GAY SKATEBOARDS & OUTDOOR GEAR

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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.

THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST

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.

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OAKS PARK GAY SKATE IS ON A ROLL

“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.

PROFSNAL SKATEBOARR BRIAN ANRSON IS GAY, PROUD, AND HAS A NEW ZE

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.