Get Out Glasgow March News
19th March 2025
The Get Out Glasgow group provides free introductions to sport and physical activity for LGBTIQ+ people in Greater Glasgow.
6 participants finished our recent introduction to climbing course and are now able to climb independently at Glasgow Climbing Centre. Congratulations to everyone who took part!
Coming Up!
Panel event: the intersections of racism and transphobia in sport 7pm Wednesday 28th March - register here
Join us for this Football v Transphobia Week of Action event. We are delighted to welcome a knowledgeable and experienced panel of speakers: activist and politician Iris Duane; footballer and Show Racism the Red Card educator Kaela McDonald-Nguah; sports medicine researcher and footballer Blair Hamilton; and sports and community curator Esraa Husain.
Get Out Glasgow Steering Group Tuesday 22nd April 6-7.30pm - we need your input to shape the future of Get Out Glasgow! Anyone who has attended a Get Out Glasgow session is welcome, you do not have to have attended any Steering Group meetings in the past. Please sign-up here.
Contemporary Dance Taster 6-7pm Tuesday 7th April - Sign up form
This class will focus on connecting to the body, the breath, and the feeling of flowing through space. It will include a warmup, movement exploration, and will end with a short combination. I hope it will be a place for discovery and rediscovery, whether you are new to dance or inhabit dance in all you do.
LGBTIQ+ women’s cycling programme
We will be running a 6 week cycle confidence course for LGBTIQ+ women in April/ May. Please contact robin@leapsports.org if you would like to attend. We have 4 bikes available for people to borrow, please contact Robin in early April if you need to borrow a bike. The sessions will be aimed at people who have learnt to cycle, can pedal and start and stop safely, but who aren’t confident to go on the roads. We will work on things like steering, looking behind you whilst cycling along, changing gears, cycling on cycle paths and quiet roads and learning about assertive road positioning.
Share your story
If you’d be interested in writing a blog to share your experience of accessing LGBTIQ+ inclusive sport and physical activity check out our top tips and contact robin@leapsports.org with your ideas.
Festival Fortnight
Festival Fortnight is Scotland’s LGBTIQ+ sports festival coordinated by LEAP Sports from 14th-30th June 2025. Grant applications to run events are now open! If you’re interested in running an event and would like to find out more please register here to come along to our grant information session on Thursday 3rd April. For any questions please contact festivalfortnight@leapsports.org
