The Weekly - June 23, 2020 - 10
FEATURE
Alex Johnson
climbing in
Kalymnos,
Greece
Pride in Their Voices
L
ast week, the Supreme
Court ruled that existing federal law forbids
job discrimination on
the basis of sexual orientation and
transgender status. But is "winning"
the same rights as the nonqueer
community a victory? "Unfortunately, I guess that's the best way to put
it," says Mountain Hardware-sponsored climber Alex Johnson. "It's a
victory, but a victory in something
that never should have needed a decision to be made on it to begin with.
But, in this case, human rights did
transcend politics, and that's how it
should be." In celebration of Pride
Month, we dedicate the following
pages to the thoughts, feelings,
praise, and criticism of the industry
in its treatment of the LGBTQIA
community. Read and react-if your
wish is to make the outdoors a safer,
more inclusive space.
10 THE WEEKLY / OUTDOOR RETAILER SUMMER 2020
Massimo Alpian
Outdoorist, competitive
cyclist, PR account director
for OutsidePR; He/His/Him
As someone with both brown and
white parents, I have a lot of whitepassing privilege. But as a gay man
in the outdoor industry, I feel I've
had to deal with some of the same
biases as other historically marginalized groups. While there have been
so many welcoming colleagues and
friends, I've often managed by getting bro-y with the cisgender straight
men in some of the agencies and
brands with whom I've worked. Yet
the second I showed I'm not in their
straight construct, the vibe changed
and the dynamic shifted, and they
didn't see me the same way. That's
even if they already knew I was gay.
There've been all kinds of microaggressions-a casual homophobic
comment here or an obvious exclu-
B RYA N A R O B L E S
Members of the LGBTQIA outdoor community speak their truths. As told to Tracy Ross
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