About us
Queer Crush Climbing is about creating safe and inclusive spaces for those who are diverse in their gender, romantic, and sexual orientations. We empower Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color of all abilities to seek healing, health, community and connection with the land through the art and sport of climbing.
EVENTS
Building Meaningful Belaytionships
We host regular meetups serving 3,000+ members across California and Washington—with recent events nearing 100 participants, despite the pandemic.
ADVOCACY
Cultivating Safer Spaces
We partner with community spaces such as climbing gyms and nonprofits that are committed to queer allyship across intersections such as race, ethnicity, class, and immigrant status.
Upcoming events
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Queer Crush @ Sacramento Pipeworks
Sacramento Pipeworks, 116 N 16th St, Sacramento, CA, US🎟️ free for @touchstoneclimbing gym members!
🎫 $20 day pass for non-members (thats a 33% discount on the regular price!)
🧗🏻♂️rentals are FREE for QC attendees, so no need to worry if you don’t have climbing shoes or a harness (if you wanna climb ropes!)
🎉this is an all levels meet up, so no matter your experience, you’re welcome to join us!
⏰come early so that you make it to our intro circle and you get to make community with other members
RSVP: https://portal.touchstoneclimbing.com/pipeworks/programs/queer-crush
2 attendeesQueer Crush @ MetalMark
MetalMark Climbing, 4042 N Cedar Ave, Fresno, CA, US🎟️ free for @touchstoneclimbing gym members!
🎫 $20 day pass for non-members (thats a 33% discount on the regular price!)
🧗🏻♂️rentals are FREE for QC attendees, so no need to worry if you don’t have climbing shoes or a harness (if you wanna climb ropes!)
🎉this is an all levels meet up, so no matter your experience, you’re welcome to join us!
⏰come early so that you make it to our intro circle and you get to make community with other members
RSVP: https://portal.touchstoneclimbing.com/metalmark/programs/queer-crush
4 attendeesQueer Crush @ Mission Cliffs
Mission Cliffs, 2295 Harrison St, San Francisco, CA, US🎟️ free for @touchstoneclimbing gym members!
🎫 $20 day pass for non-members (thats a 33% discount on the regular price!)
🧗🏻♂️rentals are FREE for QC attendees, so no need to worry if you don’t have climbing shoes or a harness (if you wanna climb ropes!)
🎉this is an all levels meet up, so no matter your experience, you’re welcome to join us!
⏰come early so that you make it to our intro circle and you get to make community with other membersRSVP: https://portal.touchstoneclimbing.com/missioncliffs/programs/queer-crush
NOTE: Mission Cliffs offers bouldering or rope climbing. With bouldering, you climb up to about ~15 feet from the ground, are not secured to a rope, and do not need a partner; it's probably the easiest way for beginners to explore climbing for the first time! With rope climbing...
- You climb in pairs - the climber on the wall & the belayer on the ground ensuring the climber doesn't fall. Belayers need to learn how to belay & pass a test administered by the gym staff for safety reasons!
- At this gym, the climber doesn't need to take a test (the belayer can check safety for both people); however, it's unlikely that for you to find a partner who only ever wants to belay from the ground while you're climbing.
- Therefore, if rope climbing is really important to you (getting that adrenaline rush from going ~60 feet up!), you should plan when you're going to 1) learn to belay and 2) do the belay test with gym staff (which also depends on gym staff availability)
- For many first-time ever learners, learning to belay can take the entirety of the Queer Crush session (and also depends on our ability to have someone who can teach you). Since the gym closes soon after our session, this means that you may not get much time, if any, on the wall!
- At Mission Cliffs, most days before Queer Crush, there is an Intro to Climbing Class that the gym offers. We highly recommend you taking this class, then , time-permitting taking a belay test with gym staff, and then joining our group. This would be the best way to do rope climbing as a beginner with other queer crushers
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Past events
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