The OUT Foundation

The OUT Foundation Working to remove the barriers that block LGBTQ+ individuals access to Fitness, Health and Wellness.

06/01/2026

IT’S HERE!
The OUT Foundation Pride Challenge has officially arrived! 🦄

This Pride Month, we are inviting YOU to help keep Pride in Motion while helping OUT move toward the future.

Whether you’re LGBTQ+, an ally, a fitness enthusiast, or just looking for a fun way to celebrate Pride, this challenge is for you.
✨Embrace Movement.
✨Celebrate Diversity.
✨Build Community.

Every rep, step, mile, stretch, and sweat session is an opportunity to move your body, connect with community, and support a future where LGBTQ+ people have access to inclusive fitness and wellness spaces.

🏳️‍🌈The workout is now live on Forgescoring!
🏳️‍⚧️Participate from wherever you are.
💪🏼Move at your own pace.
💓 Show up exactly as you are.

Need more information? Send Karina an email at [email protected] or shoot us a DM—we’re happy to help!

👇🏼 How are YOU keeping Pride in Motion this month?

Tag your workout buddies, your gym family, your chosen family, and anyone who believes fitness should be a space where everyone belongs.

Let’s celebrate Pride the OUT way: together, in motion, and powered by community. 🌈

~ The OUT Team

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to a space that has been showing up for our LGBTQ+ community since day one For over 11 years, Chicago Elite Fitness ha...
05/28/2026

to a space that has been showing up for our LGBTQ+ community since day one

For over 11 years, Chicago Elite Fitness has been more than a gym — they’ve been leaders in creating a fitness community rooted in inclusion, belonging, and support for ALL people. Their partnership with The OUT Foundation since 2015 has helped create safer, more affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ individuals in Chicago and beyond.

Their impact may start locally, but it reaches globally. Every class taught with intention, every member welcomed authentically, and every act of allyship helps build a future where LGBTQ+ people feel seen, supported, and empowered in wellness spaces.

Spaces like this are just as needed today as they were 11 years ago.
To the team at Chicago Elite Fitness — thank you for continuing to lead with action, heart, and community. Your support has made a real difference, and we are deeply grateful for all you’ve done and continue to do for the LGBTQ+ community and for OUT. 🫶🏼

Be sure to show them some love below 👇🏼

~ The OUT Team

Inclusion starts with us!Creating inclusive fitness spaces does not start with having all the answers.It starts with bei...
05/27/2026

Inclusion starts with us!
Creating inclusive fitness spaces does not start with having all the answers.
It starts with being willing to listen, learn, and lead with respect.

As coaches, gym owners, athletes, and community members, the way we welcome people matters more than we realize.

Inclusion can look like:
🩵Respecting pronouns
🤎Avoiding assumptions
💚Using affirming language
💛Staying open to learning
💜Creating spaces where people feel safe showing up as themselves

Because when people feel seen, they stay.
When people feel safe, they thrive.
And when fitness spaces become more inclusive, entire communities get stronger.

Better inclusion creates better coaches. 🏳️‍🌈
Better coaches create better communities. 🏳️‍⚧️

At OUT, our mission is to help create safer and more affirming fitness, health, and wellness spaces for LGBTQ+ communities everywhere — because everybody, in every body, deserves access to movement, wellness, belonging, and joy.

Visit our website, learn more about our mission, and help us continue building stronger communities together 🧡

~ The OUT Team

Happy Tuesday, OUT Fam…Here is our reminder to you:✨Be kinder to yourself.✨Text your friends back.✨Drink some water.✨Sup...
05/26/2026

Happy Tuesday, OUT Fam…

Here is our reminder to you:
✨Be kinder to yourself.
✨Text your friends back.
✨Drink some water.
✨Support your community.
✨Touch a little grass.

🥰And remember that your story matters too.

The world can feel heavy sometimes, but showing up for each other still makes a difference.

This week, we challenge you to do one small good thing for someone else — and one for yourself too

Now tell us:
What’s ONE thing bringing you joy this week? ⬇️

~ The OUT Team

“Today, we honor Harvey Milk 🌈A trailblazer, activist, and one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United S...
05/22/2026

“Today, we honor Harvey Milk 🌈

A trailblazer, activist, and one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States, Harvey Milk dedicated his life to fighting for visibility, dignity, equality, and hope for LGBTQ+ communities everywhere.

His legacy reminds us that representation matters. That community matters. And that hope can create change, even in the face of adversity.

While so much progress has been made, the fight for safety, inclusion, and belonging continues — in our schools, our communities, our wellness spaces, and beyond.
Today, we remember Harvey Milk not only for what he accomplished, but for the courage he inspired in generations to come.

“Hope will never be silent.” 🧡

~ The OUT Team 

We are 13 days away from Pride!And this Pride we are not just asking you to help KEEP OUT moving We are challenging you ...
05/20/2026

We are 13 days away from Pride!
And this Pride we are not just asking you to help KEEP OUT moving

We are challenging you to MOVE WITH OUT. 🔥

That’s right, OUT Fam… something fun, community-driven, a little sweaty, and VERY Pride(full) is coming your way soon.

This Pride is about:
✨ Action
✨ Celebration
✨ Visibility
✨ Community
✨ Showing OUT for each other

Whether you’re an athlete, ally, gym bestie, coach, walker, runner, lifter, dancer, or professional “I’ll workout tomorrow” person… trust us, you’re gonna want in on this 👀

More details are coming VERY soon.
For now? Start warming up and keep your eyes on this page.

Pride is not just something we celebrate.
It is something we move for.

🤩 For now, be on the lookout and SPREAD THE WORD ❤️

~ The OUT Team

Yesteday was the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia. 🌈A day that reminds us of the violence, d...
05/18/2026

Yesteday was the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia. 🌈

A day that reminds us of the violence, discrimination, and barriers LGBTQIA+ communities still face around the world — and the importance of collective action, visibility, and community care.

First observed in 2004, this day honors the 1990 decision to remove homosexuality from the list of mental disorders. It is both a celebration of progress and a reminder that the work is far from over.

There is no single way to show up as an ally or advocate, but we all have a role to play:
✨ Speak up.
✨ Speak out.
✨ Act.
✨ Support your community.

Today we remind you that every day is another opportunity to help create a world where LGBTQIA+ people can live safely, openly, authentically, and without fear.

At OUT, we believe inclusion, respect, and belonging should exist in every space — especially the ones where we move, grow, and build community together. 💓

~ The OUT Team

05/14/2026

Hey team!! Our Pride Events are starting to take form… check out our events page and find a safe and affirming gym celebrating Pride near you! 🫶

Throwing it back to the reason we started. 💜“This is our why…”And it has been our why since 2011.At OUT, we believe move...
05/14/2026

Throwing it back to the reason we started. 💜

“This is our why…”
And it has been our why since 2011.

At OUT, we believe movement can build more than muscle — it can build confidence, belonging, strength, and community.

Every athlete supported. Every safe space created. Every life impacted. That is why we keep going. 🌈

📣Now we wanna know… what is YOUR why for helping us keep OUT moving? ⬇️

A good gym changes your fitness. A great gym changes your life. 🧡To the coaches, owners, and communities creating spaces...
05/13/2026

A good gym changes your fitness. A great gym changes your life. 🧡

To the coaches, owners, and communities creating spaces where people feel welcomed, supported, seen, and celebrated — thank you.

The fitness world is better because of spaces that lead with community first.

Spaces like .fitnessbayarea, , , , and (to name a few) continue to show what inclusion, kindness, and real community can look like in action — and we’re so grateful to have them in the OUT Fam. 🌈

For so many people, the gym is more than a workout:
It is confidence.
It is connection.
It is healing.
It is the best hour of someone’s day.
And trust us… people remember how your space made them feel.

Thank you to every gym making room for more people at the barbell, on the mat, in the class, and in the community.
Y’all are setting the standard. 🫶🏼

Tag a gym or coach that makes people feel like they belong ⬇️
Show them your love and appreciation!

~ The OUT Team

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