GLRF Status Updates

The GLRF Newsletter, Cox Box Squax Issue 074, is now online.  Find it here: 

 

Sin City Erg Early Registration extended to 20 Nov 2024.  Take advantage of the early bird prices!  One fee - unlimited entries! https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/?job_id=8955

We are now on Blue Sky.  The icon has to wait until the theme is updated.  Kind of out of our hands.

Here is our Blue Sky Profile: @glrfcentral.bsky.social

Just sent an email to the Sin City Erg mailing list.  If you missed it, you can read it here: https://mailchi.mp/glrf.info/2025-sin-city-erg-update-1

LBTI Women - WE NEED YOU!

The European Erasmus+ LBTI Women in Sport : Research & Outcomes (WSRO) project is conducting a survey to understand the situation of women in sport. Anyone who self-defines as a woman is welcome to respond.
🧿 The results will serve for further awareness raising campaigns to promote visibility, equality, and inclusion.
💜 We appreciate your participation in the survey. It will take around 15 minutes to answer. Please GO TO THE END OF THE SURVEY - it's important for us to have completed answers.

It is 💯 anonymous and confidential.    THANK YOU!                                                                                                              

👉🏿Link: https://encuestas.uv.es/index.php/876685

So great to see you at the 2024 Head of the Charles.  Thanks for stopping by the GLRF booth.

So great to see you at the 2024 Head of the Charles. Thanks for stopping by the GLRF booth.

So great to see you at the 2024 Head of the Charles.  Thanks for stopping by the GLRF booth.

So great to see you at the 2024 Head of the Charles!  Thanks for stopping by the GLRF booth.

We remember the first GLRF registration in October 2003.  This past weekend, we launched GLRF V2.0 and you were the first registration in the new community! Congratulations.

London Otters Rowing Club hosts their Rainbow Races event at the Royal Albert Dock in East London on 20 Oct 2024. Team Great Britain rower Saskia Budgett Delray joined the competition.  https://sportsmedialgbt.com/team-gb-rower-saskia-budgett-delray-joins-london-otters-for-largest-ever-rainbow-races

2025 Sin City Erg Early Registration is now open! Start planning your 1x and 2x, 4x, and 8+ team events. https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/?job_id=8955

Great article profiling the queer women of the US Olympic Rowing Team https://www.autostraddle.com/queer-women-team-usa-olympic-rowing-team/

It's almost time for the rowing Tour Du Leman. For those outside of Europe, Lake Geneva is actually Lac Leman. We hope your browser has translation capability. This regatta is amazing! https://www.magaviron.fr/bcge-tour-du-leman-la-plus-dure-des-regates-daviron-au-monde/?v=11aedd0e4327

Three LGBTQ rowers secure gold at the 2024 Paralympics: Brit Lauren Rowles for the PR2 Mixed 2x; Israeli Moran Samuel for the PR1 1x; and Aussie Nikki Ayers for the PR3 Mixed 2x. https://www.outsports.com/2024/9/1/24100925/lauren-rowles-nikki-ayers-moran-samuel-paralympics-rowing-team-lgbtq-gay-gold-medals/

Australian QNews profiles two rowers competing at the 2024 Paralympics: Nikki Ayers and Al Viney. https://qnews.com.au/the-lgbt-aussie-paralympians-competing-in-paris/

Out British Paralympic rower, Lauren Rowles, achieves an under 8 minute time in heat 1 of the PR2 Mixed 2X. https://www.outsports.com/2024/8/30/24100904/lauren-rowles-rowing-paralympics-paris-great-britain-team-lgbtq-gay-world-best-time/

Tasmanian-born Australian rower Alexandrey (Al) Viney returns to the Olympics (Tokyo 2020) to compete at the Paris 2024 Paralympics in the PR3 Mixed 4+. Outsports profiles her: https://www.outsports.com/2024/8/29/24100798/al-viney-paris-paralympics-rowing-crew-australia-lgbtq/

The US-focused political action committee, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), profiled the 'out' LGBTQ+ USA athletes competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The article profiles six amazing women rowers. GLRF will vouch for the other rowers who will also be competing but have chosen to not discuss their sexual orientation. We know that all of you, on so many teams, are competing and we're cheering for you as well! https://www.hrc.org/news/meet-out-athletes-in-the-2024-olympics

C’est avec beaucoup de regrets que nous admettons que le Luxembourg n’a pas été inscrit dans le système d’inscription de la Fédération Gay + Lesbienne d’Aviron. Nous présentons nos sincères excuses au Club international d’aviron du Luxembourg (LIRC) et à la population luxembourgeoise. @LIRCROW Cette erreur est maintenant corrigée et nous accueillons tous les membres de la communauté d’aviron LGBTQ+ du Luxembourg et leurs alliés! https://register.glrf.info

Shout out to all the competitors at the Eurogames 2024 Regatta. Hope the event was amazing. Thank you to Race Committee for all of your work for the event: Bernhard, Manuel, Melanie, Hasmik! @rudern.wien @eurogames2024 @viennarowingregatta

Outsports profiles Germany's out rower, Tabea Schendekehl, who will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 4X category. https://www.outsports.com/2024/7/9/24097199/tabea-schendekehl-rowing-germany-paris-summer-olympics-lgbt/

Six out rowers competing for Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics are mentioned in an article by Outsports. https://www.outsports.com/2024/7/3/24097165/us-rowing-out-lgbtq-athletes-paris-olympics/

Amy Lawless, an Irish rower and a member of the LGBTQ community, rowed for Boston Univeristy and now runs one of the power dining spots for Chicago's political bigwigs. https://windycitytimes.com/2024/06/20/savor-the-dearborns-amy-lawless-speaks-about-pride-a-changing-world-and-rowing/

Out rower Robbie Manson and Jordan Parry win bronze in the M2X A Final at the 2024 World Cup for New Zealand. Outsports profiles Robbie in the article but winning in a double does require the other seat to do some work.... https://www.outsports.com/2024/6/18/24096318/robbie-manson-jordan-parry-rowing-double-sculls-world-cup-paris-olympics/