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Join Our Online Community

The Gay + Lesbian Rowing Federation is a worldwide online, inclusive community for lgbtq+ outdoor and indoor rowers, coxies, coaches, and race officials.

However you participate in the rowing community, be it through a regatta or national rowing association, with a regular club, on a school team, as an independent sculler, or on a national training team, GLRF provides a means to connect all of us.

Registration is FREE.

Connect with 1732 members in 43 countries:

GOTCHA! GALLERY - our powerful image and video gallery allows our members to share and comment on rowing media, currently storing 3612 images and videos in 491 galleries
ALL OARS NETWORK - a social network for the GLRF community. Connect with other members through groups, instant chat, discussion forums, member blogs, and our community calendar.
GLRF COUNTRIES - with separate country pages for every country, our members can connect at a local and regional level.
GLRF CATEGORIES - 9 tailored community pages unite rowers through a shared interest: adaptive, coaches, coxies, juniors, masters, openelite, race officials, university, and women.
REGATTAS + - promote your regattas and rowing camps

Everyone in the rowing community is welcome.

Remember: we're fanatics about privacy. Only your personally selected GLRF OnlineID is visible to the community, ever. No one can see your email unless you add it in your personal profile or in a post.

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