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, bisexual, transgendered or otherwise not heterosexual:

• Linda Carney, Team New 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:

• Team New York
• Team San Francisco
• Team Sydney
• Team Seattle

Competitions and shows:

• Slide for Pride 2000
• Mountain Cup results, including gay adult skaters, May 1999
• Slide for Pride 1999,Team Seattle's annual sports festival (including skating)
• Report on Slide for Pride '96 by Lorrie Kim
• Program for Skates of Pride, Team New York's fundraiser 7/10/97
• Review of Spectrum on Ice, Team San Francisco's AIDS fundraiser 7/12/98
• Flavor of the Month 4/2000: The adult skating movement

Gay Games information:

• International Gay Figure Skating Union -- official website

• International Gay Figure Skating Union -- Rainbow Ice page, including update letters

• Federation of Gay Games

• 2002 Gay Games in Sydney, Australia

• 1998 Amsterdam Gay Games

• Figure skating results from the 1994 New York Gay Games

Popular culture

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

Criteria

In order for me to include a skater on this list, I must have verifiable proof that they have discussed being out in a reputable media outlet. Every gay skating event I've ever heard of has been open to skaters of all sexual orientations, so I make no assumptions about the participants.