Gay College Tailgating Parties!

Gay football fans (and tailgatin' party people) at Ohio State. Go Buckeyes!


I’m not the world’s most sporty person, but sometimes you can’t deny your roots. I was raised in a sports-loving family in Virginia (high school football, college football, baseball, golf, skiing, basketball—my brothers and I were all up in that), and so this past weekend when I headed south to Roanoke, Virginia to visit family, we made a trek to Charlottesville to attend the Virginia vs. Maryland football game. (I went to University of Virginia, so it’s a nice little time-warp trip for me to visit C’ville any old time. Check my grainy cell-phone pics below...) And yes, we tailgated, like one does. There were beverages (beer, wine, otherwise) ham and cheese biscuits, baked beans, fried chicken, cakes and everything else you could desire comfort-food-wise. What’s not to love?



Left, the UVA team charges the field (they're down there with the band, running through the big "V") in Charlottesville this past Saturday. And (right) a shot of the Rotunda from the university grounds.


Turns out, there are gay college football fans tailgating every weekend all over the U.S. Some do it with their friends and fans, others do it with official gay alumni organizations. Heck, maybe they even have a gay tailgating crew at your favorite school! (If you went to college, ask your alumni assocation or gay student group, if you can track them down.)

This just leads me to direct you to OutSports.com, the totally killer website clocking all things sporty and of interest to gay folks. And this fall, OutSports’ Todd Huestess is on his own Tailgating Tour (or would that be tail-“gay”-ting?), and so far he’s checked in with queer football fans whooping it up at the University of Texas, at the University of Arizona, and at Ohio State.



More gay Ohio State tailgaters!


Todd’s wrap-ups from games all over are a fun, social (and sporty!) snapshot of gay life integrated into mainstream (very mainstream) culture, and they’re fun to read. You’ll read about the “undercover lesbians” in Texas who attend the ball games thanks to the “hot chicks, big beers, and even bigger boobs.” And he hangs out with the official gay fraternity brothers in Tuscon, as well as a local gay bar owner who’s had the same choice tailgating/parking spot for years! Plus, a thriving gay alumni scene at Ohio State.

Here are some pics. And gay college football fans take note... Chances are, you could be tailgating with fellow homos somewhere this weekend. Go team!

Look! Ohio State's official LGBT group banner. Yay!



And yet MORE Ohio States fans queerin' it up.

Meanwhile, the gay folks at University of Arizona know how to throw a party, too.



You think these Arizona fans are painted all over?



These Arizona women are turnin' it out too, thanks.

And at University of Texas, it's all about longhorns and burnt orange...



...and suggestive corndog eating.



...and, duh--FOOTBALL!

See you at the game.