- New members
- GLRF launches the Rower's Pledge, a global initiative to promote inclusion and acceptance at an individual, grass roots level
- 2016 Gods of Rowing Calendar now available in the Shop At GLRF
- Two new t-shirts launched for the 2015 fall rowing season
- See the GLRF booth at two upcoming fall rowing regattas.
- Review all the online tools that our community provides to connect our community.
In collaboration with the Aviron Club Lyon-Caluire and the 2016 Dieux de l'Aviron calendar, the Gay + Lesbian Rowing Federation has launched a worldwide Inclusion and Acceptance pledge movement. The pledge is a personal online advocacy for the inclusion and acceptance [beyond tolerance] of gays and lesbians in the broader rowing community. GLRF is calling on every aspect of the rowing community: rowers, coaches, clubs, booster parents, university athletic directors, rowing alumni, race officials, regatta organizers, regional/national/international rowing governing bodies, boat builders, rowing retailers, and rowing media, to make a personal online pledge of advocacy and support.
Our vision is to transform rowing from within by reshaping an environment that currently ranges in spectrum from intolerance to tolerance into a culture of complete acceptance. Instead of focusing on external organizations to effect pressure, or encourage individual athletes to "come out," GLRF believes a pledge movement that shows statistical support from countries, from rowing communities, from rowing programmes, and from all roles and positions can create a movement that will eliminate the stigma, the judgment, and the perceived fear of gays and lesbians being themselves in the broader rowing community.
How can you help? Make the pledge and share your commitment to the pledge movement with others in your club or organization as well as your personal rowing network.
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