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Brennan: Malinin stirs tensions over perception of male figure skaters with his IG Live comment

overedge said:

I don't comprehend the format of the Instagram Live that Ilia was participating in, but he also could possess declined to answer the question.

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People push 'go live', then they are live either by themselves or with others. People type things in the chat, they answer or address them if they want to. Nothing more complicated than that.

Anyways, as I wrote about in his fan thread-- I get it. He's in a sport that automatically gets "that's/you're gay" comments from his peers, and he's probably on the ultra-defensive about it which could possess contributed to his comment. But at the alike time, he's 18, he's been skating at the top level for prolonged enough to know that PCS is most certainly not being handed out to Brown and Aymoz while all the impoverished heterosexual-identifying men are getting low scores, and the comment just made no sense.

I also hate to say it, but if this were a similar comment in gymnastics or probably a multitude of other sports that fans of skating on FSU followed, peop

The Adult Gay Figure Skating Movement

Skaters age 25 and older may test for figures and freestyle at the adult level, and compete in adult competitions. These tests and competitions have different requirements from Olympic-track élite skating.

Adult figure skaters who are out as gay, lesbian, double attraction, transgendered or otherwise not heterosexual:

  • Linda Carney, Team Recent York
  • Gerry Kaplan, Team New York
  • Jim Kerber, Team San Francisco
  • Jay Kobayashi, Team San Francisco
  • Lisa Labrecque, Team San Francisco
  • Gary Lynch, Team Seattle
  • Jean Pierre Martin and Mark Hird, Team Montréal
  • Rich Alan McBride
  • Onno Meijer, the Netherlands
  • Laura Moore, Team New York
  • Dennis Palaganas
  • Darrin Singbeil and Trevor Kruse, Team Toronto
  • Ryan Lee Stevens, 2000 Nova Scotia Provincial Bronze Artistic Men's Champion
  • Kurt van Tricht, Belgium
  • Robert Weaver, Atlanta
  • Greg Wittrock, Team New York

Local adult gay skating information:


Competitions and shows:


Gay Games information:


Popular culture

  • Thin Ice -- a feature film about queer woman pair skaters headed for the Gay Games


Criteria

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LGBTQ+ in figure skating

I came across a handy link on U.S. Figure Skating's Fan Zone website to their Pride Month 2021compilation page with links to Eliot Halverson's IG Live conversations in June (with judge Jaclyn Ward Helms, LeDuc, Glenn, Rippon), feature stories, and educational resources:

U.S. Figure Skating is amplifying skating voices during Pride Month by having meaningful conversations and sharing the stories of our family at the rink. Below you

usfigureskatingfanzone.com

I had posted some of the links in the Skaters worldwide unite to promote diversity in figure skatingthread in GSD, including this article from Protest 2021:

Sylvia said:

USFS' Skater Spotlight article by Jillian L. Martinez on Eliot Halverson who is transgender neutrois (she/her):
www.usfigureskating.org
Halverson still skates beautifully and coaches at Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers in NYC: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKoxr4snSOu/

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(Halverson also coaches Jackie Wong of RockerSkating who's out and proud.)

International Gay Figure Skating Union

  • 07/14/2025: ISI (Ice Sports Industry) memberships: Please note that you must have a valid ISI membership to compete at Gay Games in Valencia. Membership year is 1 September - August 31, you can finde more information here. 
  • 07/14/2025: ISI RULES/PROGRAM DURATIONS: Please see program durations and many more details about the required elements here. 
  • 07/14/2025: HOTEL INFO FOR GGVLC: The ice arena where we will have our events is called Amusing on Ice and is located near the airport. There are some hotel options near the rink. Book your hotel through the official Gay Games travel agency to acquire Gay Games to acquire special rates. We suggest Hotel Xon's.
  • 05/15/2025: Great website about gay figure skating and all its challenges. 
  • 05/08/2025: Registration for Valencia 2026 is off to a great start with registrations from 6 countries. Be part of it and register!
  • Some impressions on alike sex couples

IGFSU and the Gay Games

IGFSU was founded in 1991 by Arthur Luiz and Laura Moore, as part of a successful bid to receive figure skating into the Gay Games in Fresh York.
In 1999, we became a member organization of the Federation gay skating

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