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Skateboarding Legend Brian Anderson Comes out as Gay
September 28, 2016 in News by thomasadmin
Brian Anderson just made skateboarding history! The athlete, who won Thrasher’s Skater of the Year award and the World Cup of Skateboarding title in 1999, sat down with VICE Sports to talk about his experience as a gay skater in the hyper-masculine industry.
“I never thought I would sit here and talk about being gay on camera, but I wanted to. I think about how I felt when I was younger, totally scared—a lot of these kids don’t have hope…To hear what I went through and how everything got better for me and how I felt a lot happier and felt more free and didn’t have all this shame buried inside my body…to convey that message was really important to me.”
Watch Anderson’s story below:
Tinker said on 29/09/2016
Awesome, really great vid, watched last night. Lots of positive comments and shares from the straight crew afterr posting to fb too… Cheers Vice and GS!
Dean said on 23/10/2016
Such a good video…Brian Anderson rips….I can’t wait for more surfers and skaters to come out.
Octavio said on 05/11/2016
I loved the video, thank you for posting it!