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# Pro snow/skateboarder Jake Kuzyk comes out
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/pro-snow-skateboarder-jake-kuzyk-comes-out/
- Published: 2020-07-04T09:10:36.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-03T15:46:28.000Z
- Description: Jake Kuzyk, a professional snowboarder and skateboarder, has come out as gay, the fifth snowboarder to do so joining Chad Unger, Kennedi Deck, Jill Perkins and Tanner Pendleton.
- Author: Contributor
- Tags: Mental Health, News, Out & About, Queer Corner, Sport, LGBT, LGBTQ

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Jake Kuzyk, a professional snowboarder and skateboarder, has come out as gay, the fifth snowboarder to do so joining **Chad Unger**, **Kennedi Deck**, **Jill Perkins** and **Tanner Pendleton**.

In announcing his public coming out, Kuzyk, a 30-year-old who lives in Vancouver, [**posted the photo above of himself with a rainbow**](https://www.instagram.com/p/CCEjL5Fj0MW/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) across his face on Instagram along with this message:

*‘I always wondered what this moment in my life would look like. I guess it looks like this! I’m very proud to be gay!*

*‘The chance to share my personal story alongside a really special group of queer people in snowboarding feels perfect. I really hope that this can help push for further acceptance and understanding in our community for LGBTQ+ and all other folks who feel marginalised in this world. To build some space for those who need it. There are many who do.*

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‘With everything going on right now, it doesn’t feel like the time to be talking about myself. But I know this conversation is important. And it feels like there’s a shift happening. People are really listening. And trying to be better. I hope that this does not distract attention away from the civil unrest and extreme social injustices that the BIPOC community has faced for a very long time. I’ve reconciled with my privilege and how that affects the people in society who are different then me. We think by being a good person it’s enough. But a place needs to be made for those who are on the outside. Just being ‘fine’ with someone’s existence is not enough.

*‘If you have learned acceptance for me through my story. I ask you to find that same acceptance for all people in the LGBTQ+ community and beyond. No matter who they are or what they look like. Happy Pride.’*

Kuzyk’s announcement was made in a series of interviews published to coincide with **Pride Month** on the *Torrent* magazine website.

You can view the interviews by[ clicking here](https://tormentmag.com/jake-kuzyk-pride-interview/?ref=scenemag.co.uk).