Hey Pals!!! First time poster, but I seriously have been on here for so long, that I feel like I personally know some of you all. Either way I would like to post about the topic at hand, since I’ve been in the skateboard world/industry since I was a little kid. I also happen to be pansexual, and have been with multiple men, women, and trans people.
I read some of the shit on here and just usually don’t feel the need to type or whatever. Most things on here honestly make me happy because I feel like a lot of people understand our culture very well. I will say though that whenever the topic of sexuality or gender gets brought up that people just don’t fucking understand, and I also feel like most of the skate industry at large doesn’t understand. (and yes I’ve warned many of them higher ups for years on where the state of the industry is going).
There really is very little acceptance of queer people in skateboarding, which to me is funny because the gayest straight people I know all skateboard. Either way what I really wanted to shed light to, which I guarantee most of you all don’t know, is that there are a lot of queer skateboarders. I mean people even back into the 70s-90s that would blow your all’s minds. I’m not gonna air out those people because it’s a personal and private decision to publicize something like that, but know some of the people you put up on pedestals(and trust me you all put these people on pedestals), are queer as fuck.
Also said mentioned people would never ever bring up this topic to even their close friends and the industry at large. It was just taboo, people literally lost jobs over that shit in the 70s-80s.
Just know that when u shitpost on gay people on here, that the entire world can see, even said mentioned people. They also get really bummed out too, and so when you are sitting in your room and wondering why hey said person didn’t put out more footage or whatever, know that people being mad rude to queer people in skateboarding is honestly a big reason, and I know the people I’m talking about are people you all call GOAT status. I’m also saying this because if there is a queer kid out there, to know you aren’t alone and that some of the greatest skateboarders of all time are queer, and there’s nothing fucking wrong with it.
Also y’all saying skateboarding can’t immediately dictate what it’s image is going to be obviously have no fucking clue how the industry works. You think skaters are the ones doing bussiness? Lmao, these days it’s all suit and ties, doesn’t matter what fucking company u are talking about. As well during the 1980s Powell, Santa Cruz, and vision, all held a meeting in a board room somewhere that they all literally agreed to all push street skateboarding over vert because it was so accessible to the Midwest and markets at large. People can change this entire industry with one board room meeting, so those thinking their efforts are in vain are ridiculous.