Happy PRIDE MONTH!
Scientists are still hard at work trying to figure out if there is any better way to celebrate Pride than Climbing With Your Queer Friends at Queer Crush. Personally, despite the many options offered in the Bay Area, I have not found any better way to celebrate.
Come climb and have extra fun with us this month! In addition to all the normal meetups, which you should definitely go to, we have a bunch of special Pride events!
PS: it is likely you’ll be able to score some sweet Sports Basement discounts at any of our Bay Area pride events :)
June Meetups
Norcal
Thursday, June 1, 6 – 9pm Pacific Pipe
Monday, June 5 6:30 – 9pm Dogpatch Boulders
Sunday, June 11, 11am – 3pm Cragmont (outdoor climbing)
Monday, June 12, 6 – 8:30pm Movement Sunnyvale
Tuesday, June 13, 6 – 8:30pm Great Western Power Co.
Friday, June 16, 6 – 9pm Movement Santa Clara
Friday, June 16, 6 – 9pm Sacramento Pipeworks
Friday, June 16, 6 – 8:15pm MetalMark (Fresno)
Friday, June 16, 7 – 9:30pm Mission Cliffs
Saturday, June 17, 1 - 5pm Tahoe Outdoor Meetup
Saturday, June 17, 3 - 6pm Gravity Vault Marin Pride Party with free gear rentals!
Saturday, June 17 7:30pm – 12am Pacific Pride After Dark (send me pictures if you make both the Gravity Vault and Pac Pipe pride parties, I’ll be very impressed. Impossible mode: go to the Tahoe outdoor meetup as well!)
Tuesday, June 20, 6 – 8:30pm Benchmark SF
Tuesday, June 20, 6:30 – 7:30pm Gravity Vault Marin
Wednesday, June 21 6 – 9pm Diablo Rock Gym
Thursday, June 22 6 – 8pm Benchmark Berkeley
Saturday, June 24, all day Tahoe Trail Pride
Sunday, June 25 7 – 10am Pride Morning Climbs & Coffee @ Movement Santa Clara
Monday, June 26, 6 – 9pm Berkeley Ironworks
Wednesday, June 28, 6 - 10 pm The Studio
Socal
Thursday, June 1, 7 – 9pm Sender One Playa Vista
Thursday, June 1, 7 – 9pm Verdigo Boulders
Saturday, June 3, 5:30 – 9pm Climbing With Pride FUNdraiser
Wednesday, June 7, 7 – 9pm Long Beach Rising
Tuesday, June 13, 7 – 9pm Hollywood Boulders
Wednesday, June 14, 7 – 9pm Sender One Santa Ana
Thursday, June 15, 7 – 9pm LA Boulders
Thursday, June 15, 7 – 9pm Sender One LAX
Tuesday, June 20, 7 – 9pm Movement Fountain Valley
Monday, June 26, 7 – 9pm Cliffs of Id
Monday, June 26, 7 – 9pm The Post
Community announcements
Merch!
New merch (tank tops!) continues to be available, click here to buy!
Pride events!
Special prize (probably just a sticker) for the person who goes to the most Pride climbing events and sends me pictures.
Land Acknowledgement
All the Queer Crush events discussed in this newsletter take place on land stolen from the native peoples who lived and continue to live here. This includes but is not limited to the Chochenyo, Ramaytush, Miwok, Plains Miwok, Tamien, and other peoples in Northern California, and the Chumash and Tongva (Gabrieleno) in Southern California. Many members of these groups still live here as their ancestors have done for generations.
Check whose land you’re on here.
Stay sendy, stay queer, keep crushing,
Sam “called out over mission cliffs intercom” Hoffman (she/her)
Looking for other ways to stay up to date on events and connect with the Queer Crush community? You can find links to Instagram, Discord, Google Calendar, newsletter and other regional Facebook groups on our website QueerCrush.org