Queer + TGNC Movement, Training, + Sports!
- QTStrengthNYC – A coached strength/barbell collective for trans and queer folks, meeting Sunday evenings at CrossFit South Brooklyn. Trauma-informed, slide-scale, all levels welcome. Vogue+14Instagram+14crossfitsouthbrooklyn.com+14
- OutBox Gym – A trans-owned Brooklyn fitness gym offering boxing, strength training, open gym, and community classes—including a free weekly class. Centered on queer/trans body safety and empowerment. Instagram+1OutBox Gym+1
- OUT-FIT (Chelsea / LES) – 100% LGBTQ+-owned functional fitness studio offering personal training, small group sessions, weekly community workouts, and Pride-themed events. Facebook+4OUT-FIT | PROUD+4Instagram+4
- Queer Walks & Hikes NYC – Free, transit-accessible group walks and occasional hikes around NYC, open to all queer folks. SELF+2Instagram+2EveryQueer+2
- Front Runners New York – LGBTQ+ running & triathlon club that also hosts Monday night pool swim sessions for members. usms.org+1usms.org+1
- QTBIPOC Walking/Biking Meetups – A loose network of Queer Brown Babes NYC, Queer Brooklyn, and QTBIPOC book or bike groups from r/QueerWomenOfColor listings—excellent stepping stones for organizing inclusive walks, rides, or meetups. Reddit+1Brooklyn Brewery+1
- Black Walking Club NYC explicitly centers Black women's collective wellness.
- Pride Basketball League NYC – New York’s first official LGBTQIA+ basketball league, offering Men’s+, Women’s+, and open divisions with two seasons per year in Brooklyn and Manhattan Facebook+7pridebasketballnyc.org+7pridebasketballnyc.org+7.
- Basketdolls (Brooklyn Transfemme Basketball League) – All-trans streetball collective founded in June 2024 in Bushwick, offering streetball pick-up games, skill clinics, and trans-centered player development SELF+1Wikipedia+1.
- NYC LGBT Sports Network – A hub connecting LGBTQ+ sports leagues in the tri-state area, including bowling, dodgeball, kickball, softball, hockey, running, volleyball, soccer, wrestling, cycling, dive, and more GayCities+4NYC LGBT Sports Network+4NYC LGBT Sports Network+4.
- New York Ramblers Soccer Club – The world’s first openly gay soccer club (est. 1980), now fully LGBTQ-owned, hosting weekly matches, tournaments, and awarding LGBTQ youth scholarships Wikipedia+1NYC LGBT Sports Network+1.
- Big Apple Softball League (BASL) – A co-ed LGBTQ+ softball league with 30+ teams, two seasons per year, leading one of the nation’s longest-standing queer sports communities Wikipedia+10Wikipedia+10Marymount Manhattan College+10.
- NYC Gay Hockey Association – LGBTQ+ hockey league established in 1999 at Chelsea Piers, offering skill-based tiers and annual inclusive tournaments
- Gotham Volleyball – One of NYC’s largest LGBTQ+ sports leagues since 1981, offering large-scale spring/fall league play NYC LGBT Sports Network+3GayCities+3boxersnyc.com+3.