In today's episode, we wrap up our celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride Month by chatting with Flick and Emma. They've traveled the world together, visiting scores of gyms along the way. They first met in Australia before getting together and moving to BC followed by Newbrunswick. In this chat they share about their experience showing up authentically and being supported as lesbians in the CrossFit community. They share tips for gym owners about how to embrace and include queer members and how even the colors used on weighted bars can make a difference to queer athletes. This talk is full of great advice, sweet stories, and buckets of laughs.
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Some Key Moments:
1:06 Get to know Flick and Emma as they meet in Australia, get into CrossFit together and move across the world.
8:50 Their experience as a queer couple going into new gyms in the new cities and towns they move to
17:25 What can a gym do to be more inclusive of its LGBTQ+ members or future clients?
28:54 Things a gym owner can do during Pride Month
33:33 General advice for gym owners
37:04 How to use inclusive language in WOD descriptions and introduce non-gendered weights
43:42 Advice for any LGBTQ+ person looking to get into fitness
