Here’s a shocking bit of news: the world of surfing is pretty bro-y.
And as any current or former student of a college with Greek culture knows, when bros collide en mass they tend to embrace a certain brand of insecurity-quelling homophobia.
Which often makes it hard for gay surfers to feel comfortable expressing their identities freely. That’s the subject of Caught Inside: The Taboo of Being a Gay Surfer, a video that takes a look down under at Australia’s gay surfing community.
Take a look:
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Mezaien
Gay Surfers are the best surfers in the world.
Cam
In fairness, surfers will sometimes violently go after people that are not locals who try to surf their beaches.
Billy Budd
Their accents are really nice.
Lefty
No.
Thanks for asking.