DADT AT TGSW

[TRAVEL] Uwern Jong unravels the acronyms, asks and tells about the USA's top gay ski week.


So a whole year has passed since we got involved with Telluride Gay Ski Week and 2012's event promises to be all of last years and more. It starts February 25th, so if you want to get there, you need to check out www.telluridegayskiweek.com sooner rather than later.

This year, there is some new news at Telluride. The TGSW will celebrate the repeal of the discriminatory Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) policy with free VIP party passes (“T-Passes”) for the week for active service members and a special military themed, “Do Ask Do Tell” dance party. Reichen Lehmkuhl, former USAF Captain, star of A:List New York and winner of Amazing Race, will serve a celebrity host of the “Do Ask – Do Tell” party that will take place during the middle of the Telluride Gay Ski Week. Lehmkuhl authored the book “Here’s What We’ll Say” that chronicled his time at the U.S. Air Force Academy as a closeted service member.

The Do Ask Do Tell party will include a special display of images from the “We Can Do It!” photography campaign produced by the Open Artist Movement www.openartistmovement.com and courtesy of its founder Brad Bilanin. The campaign, which was photographed by John Ganun, brings to life modern, iconic individuals, by depicting them as powerful figures and not victims in the global LGBT movement.

Considered one of the world’s most popular ski weeks and ranked “Top Gay Ski Week” in the U.S.A. by gay.com, Telluride Gay Ski Week brings together gay and lesbian skiers and snowboarders from around the world; including New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Hawaii, Australia and the United Kingdom. Now in its ninth year, this annual event is the third busiest winter week in Telluride, Colorado after the Christmas and President’s Day Weekend.

Telluride Gay Ski Week 2012

When: Saturday, February 25, 2012 – Saturday, March 3, 2012
Where: Towns of Mountain Village and Telluride, CO and Telluride Ski Resort
Info: Event schedule and ticket information available at www.telluridegayskiweek.com