APPEAL ANNUAL - The OUT Foundation
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ANNUAL
APPEAL
YEAR 2018
“ We believe that no matter who you are, where
you’re from or where you’re going - you
deserve a safe place to be yourself and to
better yourself.
MISSION
- Will Lanier, Founder + Executive Director
The mission of The OUT Foundation is to provide,
support and ensure LGBTQ+ access to
health and wellness through fitness.
OUR PROGRAMS
The OUT Foundation is dedicated to creating
opportunities for the LGBTQ+ community
to come together and sweat
for a cause.
COMMUNITY
INCLUSIVITY “I love participating in OUTWOD events to
represent the LGBTQ+ Community as a Regional
CrossFit Games Athlete.”
- Eric Evans, OUTWOD Ambassador
“We love hosting OUTWOD events because we
want to show our community that we are an
inclusive safe-space where everyone is a rock star
and feels welcome and included regardless of
gender identity or sexual orientation.”
Ashley Jenkins + Kara Silva - Owners of CrossFit Pushin’ Weight
OUTWOD’s Power of Pride Competition Series is the world’s
first and only CrossFit competition where competitors are not split
by gender categories but compete based on skill and skill alone.
In 2018, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Houston played host to
Power of Pride Competitions, raising more than $40,000 for The
OUT Foundation and its local cobeneficiary charities.
“The idea of Power of Pride was born from the mindset that
everyone is an athlete. The Power of Pride Competition Series is a
welcoming (and friendly competitive) arena to show your pride and
athletic prowess no matter your age, skill level, or gender identity.”
- Will Lanier, Founder + Executive Director
“Because of the generosity of The OUT Foundation
and the OUTAthlete Scholarship they awarded me,
I’m able to remain part of my CrossFit community
and continue bettering myself both mentally and
physically while being accepted for who I am.”
The OUT Foundation’s year-
long, instructor led initiative.
“My favorite moment
from Live OUT Loud
was having so many new
riders come out in support
of someone in their life.
The room was packed,
the music was jamming
and we all knew that we
were riding for a great
cause.”
Devin Mott, OUTAthlete Scholarship Recipient
- Alex Ray - Ramsey Price
Every year, The OUT Foundation opens up scholarship
applications for LGBTQ+ young adults to fund a full year of
“My favorite moment “My favorite moment a gym membership.
from Live OUT Loud was from Live OUT Loud was
seeing so many allies We work closely with the scholarship recipients, providing
seeing so many LGBTQ+ them with weekly goal coaching, nutrition counseling,
people and allies reach show up and support a 3-months of meals from our partners at Kettlebell Kitchen,
a point of nearly giving cause so near and dear apparel from our partners at RYU, sneakers from No Bull
up, but push through to me. The outpouring of and branded OUTWOD apparel to set up our athletes for
love and acceptance in success.
anyway, together.”
the room was electric.”
- David Pisanich
OUTHealth is the foundation’s newest initiative providing
health services to the LGBTQ+ community by partnering with
NYU’s Comprehensive Team of Health Professionals.
In 2019, we will begin funding gender affirming surgeries and
maintaining a dedicated fund for ancillary services for transgender
patients. In addition to funding surgeries, we work with underprivileged
patients to navigate New York State Medicaid requirements and develop
post-op care including complimentary dedicated fitness classes
for newly transitioned patients, support groups, make-up
tutorials, career workshops, and more.
We are working diligently to provide the LGBTQ+
community with dental health resources and assuring
our professionals understand the common issues
of the community.
SAVE THE DATE CELEBRATE
OPEN+ January 10, 2019: Registration Opens
Each week, LGBTQ + athletes will compete in the CrossFit Open. Open+ aggregates
BIG GAY HAPPY HOUR
scores from the Open onto this website and leaderboard. This will provide a new avenue
for our athletes to directly compete.
Open+ goes one step further and will allow our transgender and non- binary athletes to
compete in the division they identify with. Most importantly, this series is all for charity,
benefitting The OUT Foundation’s programs. On Friday, August 3rd, 2018 OUTWOD
hosted the first “Big Gay Happy Hour”
to raise funds for The OUT Foundation
RuPaul’s DragCon LA 2019 May 24-26 and for one BIG announcement
from Greg Glassman, the Founder of
We will be on hand to participate in the festivities while spreading The Foundation’s CrossFit.
message of inclusion and access to health and wellness through fitness. The OUT
Foundation will also be offering an online raffle with prize packs from local Los Angeles
fitness boutiques.
2nd Annual NYC Crossfit Drag Show June 21, 2019 At the event, Greg Glassman, Chairman
and Founder of CrossFit Inc., made a
For the second glorious year we will be hosting a CrossFit-fueled Drag Pageant, where special announcement continuing his
amateur queens take to the stage to raise awareness and to celebrate our amazing support of the sport’s inclusivity and
inclusive community. presented a check for $10,000 to The
OUT Foundation.
#INFILTRATEWITHLOVE June 30, 2019 This is a giant step for transgender
athletes. Where CrossFit goes - others
On June 30, 2019, the final day of PRIDE MONTH, gyms across the globe will be follow. We are proud to be a part of a
participating in #InfiltrateWithLove, a WOD celebrating inclusivity and support of the community that steps up, shows the
LGBTQ+ community and those marginalized because of how and who they love. world what the right thing to do is, and
follows up with that commitment.
In early 2019, The OUT Foundation will be launching a transgender education
townhall tour called “Don’t Be An A**hole.”
We will be addressing the many issues that transgender athletes face in fitness
E D U C AT I O N
and fitness facilities and how business owners, coaches and instructors, and fellow
athletes and classmates can be strong allies to our trans siblings. The committee
includes transgender athletes and gym owners, inclusion training professionals
and allies.
ADVOCACY Jan 11, 2019 - NYC
Jan 13, 2019 - Washington, D.C.
Jan 18, 2019 - New Orleans, LA
Jan 20, 2019 - Miami, FL
(Wodapalooza)
Jan 25, 2019 - Denver, CO
- Positiv Jan 27, 2019 - Salt Lake City, UT
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Feb 1, 2019 - Austin, TX
Feb 8, 2019 - Nashville, TN
Feb 10, 2019 - Seattle, WA
Feb 15, 2019 - Durham, NC
Feb 16, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
- Mind Pump Podcast
Trans Athlete Awareness Feb 17, 2019 - San Francisco, CA
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Administration
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CHARITY PARTNERS
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Fundraising
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GYM AFFILIATES
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VOLUNTEERS
*Note: Includes Registration
OUR PARTNERS
Krissy Mae Cagney, President of Doughnuts and Deadlifts
“I am someone who falls into multiple underserved & underrepresented populations.
I grew up as a bisexual addict who suffers from mental illness. Because I often
felt like I had no voice, I GIVE in order to provide people like myself with a voice.
Because I often felt hopeless, I GIVE in order to provide people like myself with
hope. Because I was often told I should be ashamed of myself, I GIVE in order to
reduce the stigma surrounding people who are a little different.
There is absolutely nothing shameful about being queer. There is absolutely nothing
disgraceful about suffering from mental illness or addiction. There is everything
shameful & disgraceful about not having conversations about these things &
normalizing them. I give in hopes to raise awareness, start conversation, end
stigma, & give every single underrepresented human the resources & hope that they
Learn more about becoming a corporate partner by emailing need to succeed & thrive.”
info@iamout.org
- Krissy Mae CagneyTHANK YOU
Will Lanier Eddie Plata
Executive Director Associate Director
Dan Riviello Hailey Smith Karli Buckley Wilfredo Torres
Public Relations Program Coordinator Digital Engagement Events Coordinator
It isn’t everyday you hear that someone is doing something that they feel
destined to do. After years in public relations and fitness - I can truly say
I am doing the work that I was put on this earth to do. And alongside
me - the team that I was put here to work alongside.
The OUT Foundation, although in its infancy, is doing things I could
never have imagined. Our small but mighty team has created partnerships
with some of top leaders in medicine, we’ve made policy changes in
some of the toughest of fields, and this is just the beginning. Bennett Kaspar James Vergara Chloie Jonsson
Board Member Board Member Board Member
2018 was a year of firsts. 2019 will be a year of sustenance and growth
for The Foundation and it is never something I, nor we, could do alone.
If I know anything, I know the power of community and our community
is what drives our work, it is what drives our passion and thru our
community - we are able to help others thrive. Amy Mandelbaum Eduardo Placer Jonas Moskowitz
Thank you all for being a part of this momentous year and for hitching Board Member Board Member Board Member
your wagon to ours and coming along for the ride.
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Photographers: Samantha Auburn | Ahmet Zehir | Eric Stafford
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