After months of hard work and training, members of LGBTQ+ swimming group Out to Swim will today set off to conquer the English Channel.
After months of hard work and training, members of LGBTQ+ swimming group Out to Swim will today set off to conquer the English Channel.
The banners, which openly mention that the club is for LGBTQ+ and allies, are displayed along the long-established clubs such as the oldest swimming club in Britain.
According to Out to Swim, the club is one of the largest LGBTQ+ sporting clubs in Brighton & Hove.
Organised by volunteers of the Brighton Swimming Club, the race, which is just over a kilometre, is one of the main swimming events in the Brighton calendar starting at West Pier and ending under Palace Pier.
Saturday, June 26 saw over 30 LGBTQ+ out and proud members of Out to Swim take part in the 84th annual pier to pier race in Brighton.
Ten Out to Swim swimmers competed in what is known as the UK Gay Games – GLLAM (Gay & Lesbian London Aquatics Meet) at the London Olympic Swimming Pool on September 9. Teams from all over the UK took part plus teams from Paris, Lisbon, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Berlin.
Out To Swim is an LGBT swimming club based in Brighton since 2006. It provides three training sessions a week for swimmers who want to improve their technique, stamina and fitness where you can swim just for fun and fitness or join others who participate in Masters Swim Competitions, Triathlons and Sea Swims.
Out To Swim, an LGBT swimming club based in Brighton provides three training sessions a week for swimmers who want to improve their technique and fitness for those wishing to participate in Masters Swim Meets, Triathlons and Sea Swims.
Eleven Brighton based members of Out to Swim, the LGBT Masters Swimming, Water Polo and Syncronised Swimming Club competed in the annual Gay & Lesbian London Aquatics Meet (GLLAM) event in London.
