Gay skating

Freddie Tomlins as 'The Blonde Bombshell'. In his autobiography, he discussed his relationship with Olympic Silver Medallist Ronnie Robertson. He and Alan Konrad were sort of lovers for a time, but he never really had a lover until the end of his life He was the sweetest person in the world.

You could be harassed by police, institutionalized, chemically castrated or jailed. Bobby Specht. During Pride Season and all year round, Skate Guard celebrates the milestones and achievements of LGBTQ+ skaters! Follow Skate Guard.

Photos courtesy University Of Pennsylvania Archives. There's plenty to explore, so pour yourself a cup of coffee and get lost in the fascinating and fabulous history of everyone's favourite winter sport! Inwriter Kenneth Caldwell recalled his time working for Rodriguez and his partner Harry.

Bob Turk got his start with the tour as Bobby's understudy and went on to work as a producer and choreographer for the show. You are in the right place!

During his reign as King of Sweden, Gustav V was embroiled in a scandal when the Royal Court paid off a man who claimed he was the King's lover. Many were very much out for years before their sexuality ever came to the attention of the media or general public; many more simply couldn't come out for a host of reasons.

Gelien went on to star in over forty films under the stage name Tab Hunter. Whether or not a skater came out publicly during their career is not any sort of 'measure' of their courage or relevance, nor is who came out first a competition.

Jackson Haines. In a interview, Bob recalled, "Bobby was very, very gay and never tried to hide it. Created inSkate Guard is a blog that focuses on overlooked and underappreciated areas of the history of figure skating, whether that means a topic completely unknown to most readers or a new look at a well-known skater, time period, or event.

On Thin Ice Colin : There have been at least 39 gay men to compete in figure skating at the Winter Olympic Games over the years, with eight publicly out men competing in LGBT historian Tony Scupham-Bilton has

Champion Bobby Specht joined the cast of the Ice Capades. The World Figure Skating Championships take place in Boston this week and among the athletes competing will be six skaters who identify as LGBTQ, with one of them poised to make history.

A benevolent judge found Donald and his friend not guilty. Want to learn more about figure skating history? Bringing men up on "morals charges" and tarnishing their names in the press was a typical tactic of the time to 'shame' young men into 'going on the straight and narrow'.

Tab Hunter. Haines' flamboyant performances, coupled with the fact he left his wife and children behind in America, have led some to ponder his sexual orientation. Founded in as a nonprofit organization for owners, operators and developers of ice skating facilities, ISI also created America’s original learn-to-skate program and has introduced more than 10 million individuals to the.

I hope you enjoy taking a glide through the good, bad and ugly of LGBTQ+ figure skating history with this timeline. A memoir penned by Gordon Crosland recounted a liaison between the two skaters. Two. Why is Gay Games figure skating ISI?

The Ice Sports Industry (ISI) is an international industry trade association encompassing all aspects of the ice sports industry. I don't know about you, but I think doing Axels in drag is fabulous enough to make the cut.