Tanner Pendelton has made history, as it’s believed that he is the first openly gay male in snowboarding. Tanner came out earlier this week in an interview with Torment.
Speaking to his close friend Java Fernandez, who he had come out to the previous year, Tanner spoke about his difficulties in accepting his sexuality.
He said that he’d known about his sexuality from a young age, but had kept it “bottled up in a way” due to hearing that being gay was bad, saying it was “clear to me that being gay was not acceptable.” He explained: “So I think a lot of my fears and anxieties about coming out were rooted in years and years of observing a world that’s inherently homophobic.” “When these thoughts are introduced in a young person’s mind it can