New Rainbow Logo Challenge Application Unveiled

The Gay + Lesbian Rowing Federation is excited to unveil the new Rainbow Logo Challenge application, appropriately on the start of June Pride month and with the launch of the 2025 Rainbow Logo Challenge. The application is the final part of the launch of GLRF Version 2.0. 

The premise of the Rainbow Logo Challenge is for organizations to incorporate rainbow colors in their social media and website logos.  The application displays each entry along with those media sites that feature an organization’s rainbow-colored logos. 

Both GLRF members and guests can now directly submit entries for the Rainbow Logo Challenge, which facilitates the uploading of rainbow logos directly from clubs, programmes, organizations, and businesses.  This means the logos are the actual image instead of some version of right click and save.

As an international organization, the Gay + Lesbian Rowing Federation recognizes that some countries celebrate Pride month during months other than June: Deutschland, Danmark, Nederland, to name a few.  For that reason, we included a month selection feature for each challenge entry, and we also featured a field to allow for the local spelling of the month name.  We feel this allows for increased inclusivity, and a recognition that each of our rowing communities and global Pride month celebrations are unique.

The application now displays all challenge entries by year and presents a compelling list of clubs, organizations, and businesses that actively support the LGBTQ rowing community.

With the introduction of the optional month selection, the Rainbow Logo Challenge now becomes a year-long engagement, providing more sustained visibility and support for the LGBTQ+ community within the rowing world.  It acknowledges the diversity of Pride month celebrations globally.

We believe this new application is a positive change that can expand the reach and impact of the Rainbow Logo Challenge initiative