SHORT TURNS FILM DEBUT Between gay pride events, rainbow flags and proudly queer Olympians, skiing can look like an inclusive and welcoming sport. But for many in the LGBTQ+ community it doesn’t always feel that way, says Ryan Collins, a gay adventure sports photographer and videographer living in Revelstoke.
“I’ve often asked myself what it is about the adventure industry and its rural settings that make me, a gay man, so uncomfortable,” Collins says. “Is it the activity or the space? What’s it like for other queer people in the industry?”
To find out, Collins turned his video camera on Revelstoke’s queer ski community. The result is People Like Us, a ski movie mixing interviews and action sequences of cast members ripping up the Revelstoke resort and backcountry. It’s one of…
