They opened ONEderChild, a Solvang toy store, in 2017. He and Matthew, 43, have been together for 15 years. Being out wasn’t something that I could do.”
“It’s that white cisgender culture that everyone kind of expects you to just fall in line with. “There’s a culture here that you need to fit in,” said Kiel, 41, who grew up in the Santa Ynez Valley and didn’t come out as gay to his family until he was 25. That’s why I think it was incredibly important to kindly make aware that these are not values we can answer for in Copenhagen.”įor Kiel and Matthew Cavalli, the vitriol has been terrifying. In a statement to The Times, Andersen added: “I was informed that the local opposition to put up Pride flags around town was justified with regard to Danish values and traditions. Solvang’s “opposition to Pride does not reflect the genuine warmth and acceptance of Pride that can be seen across Denmark and especially in Copenhagen,” she said. Members of Santa Ynez Valley Pride were in communication with organizers for Copenhagen Pride - who eventually reached out to the mayor when things took a dark turn in Solvang.ĭenmark is “one of the most progressive countries in the world,” Lord Mayor Sophie Hæstorp Andersen wrote in an open letter to Solvang’s mayor. “If that could be highlighted in bold and written in clouds across the sky. “We really want to ensure and communicate that we’re doing positive things in the community,” said Alyce Barrick, the organization’s vice president, who moved here in 2020 from Glendale.
Leaders of Santa Ynez Valley Pride are planning their second parade, and “those in opposition are now feeling the need to push back at our visibility, our success and our presence,” said the organization’s president, Lauren Lastra, who moved to the area from Santa Barbara with her wife and children in 2020. The shooting at a gay bar in conservative Colorado Springs has been painful for LGBTQ people in rural and conservative parts of California. California In red California, LGBTQ people still feel under threat.
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