Lgbtq hikers
Atlanta LGBTQ Hikers
Hey everyone! It's time for an manageable summer hike.
We're hiking the Lullwater Loop at Emory. This is a mostly easy 3.3 mile loop trail and is canine friendly on a leash. We’ll add another 2 miles into mason mill park for a total of just over 5 miles Who’s coming?!
•Meet at the Hahn woods park lot at 9am. Glance for me in the parking area I'm 6'8" easy to spot. Overflow parking at Houston Mill House
From the parking lot we will walk down the street to Lullwater Park and follow the trail by the stream and around the lake. We’ll cross over into mason mill park which has wooden paths The trail is mostly smooth and there are ruins and a waterfall as well as a hanging bridge to cross across the stream
•Don’t neglect water and snacks if needed!
- This is a loop so be prepared and ready to walk 5 miles. Do go at your own pace, you know your body and experience level. This is an easy hike.
•This is still a hike, so plan to get a good workout in while meeting new people.
•This is a dog friendly hike.
Lullwater Loop on alltrails https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/georgia/lullwater-loop
We’ll have an optional lunch after at Pig n Chick nearby.
https://pignchik.net/loca
Ever since my first backpacking trip in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, I’ve loved hiking. But as a queer person, I haven’t always experience comfortable to be my full self on the route. Aside from one unpleasant incident in Shenandoah National Park, other hikers haven’t said or done anything to craft me feel favor I’m unsafe. My worries stem from the lack of diversity in outdoor recreation, a handful of grisly stories about the murders of women and lesbian hikers, and the more widespread (and unfortunate) harassment women and nonbinary folks experience when we do initiative outdoors.
The outdoor recreation industry is majority white, cisgender and male. According to the Outdoor Industry Association, over 70 percent of outdoor adventurers are white. While BIPOC participation in outdoor adventures is growing, the gains are small: 4 percent annually for Latine and 1 percent annually for Asian and Black people.
The gender gap is similarly entrenched. Men outnumber women in the outdoors by 8 percentage points. Nonbinary identities are not counted in the survey, nor is the Queer community.
Our invisibility in a survey built around making the outdoors
Trans Continental: A Sober LGBTQ Thru-Hiker’s Introduction
Who Am I?
Name: Lyla Harrod (she/her)
Trail Name: Don’t have one yet!
Age: 33
Thru-Hike Direction: NOBO
Start Date: Late March/Early April 2021
Astrological Sign: Aries
Favorite Ninja Turtle: Michaelangelo
Hey friends, Lyla Harrod here. I’m writing from a laptop in my living room with Josie, the elderly dachshund snoozing on me, and my second cup of coffee well underway. Let’s talk.
Some basics, I’m a 33 year old sober homosexual trans woman who’s planning to hike NOBO in late March/early April 2021. I live in the Boston, MA area and I work in youth development! I’ve been backpacking for about a decade, but never anything longer than a few days at a time. I started backpacking when I was 23 while living in Seattle, where the Cascades and Olympics were always in easy extend for me. I moved back to the east coast about eight years ago and my care for and respect for the Whites and Berkshires deepens each year.
Why Am I Blogging for The Trek?
Well, it’s certainly not my outdoor pedigree. My biggest goal is to contribute to the pretty skinny library of experiences documented by transgender women on the AT. I h
As a 36-year-old, white, hereditary female, I haven’t dealt with much discrimination on the trail. Though I consider myself a part of the queer collective, I blend in adorable well. I present as straight. I’m not very eccentric. And there is a sort of protection in that, really.
During a recent trip to Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rainforest with a group of my queer friends, I begin to notice thingsI never had before. “It isn’t always safe out here,” I heard one of my friends speak on our climb. I could tell that they meant they were only comfortable because of the size of our team. Alone, when harassment is more likely, things sense different.
That comment made me think. I started to wonder: What resources were there to support and empower queer hikers to stay on the trails, and to educate other recreationists on how to better share them?
Here are six LGBTQ-safe hiking groups specifically created to carry out just that. Over the last few decades, these organizations have helped thousands of queer hikers explore—and heal.
The Venture Out Project
“As queer and trans folks, we’re often on the receiving end of help,” said Peter Cohen, the founder of The V
How to Start Hiking as an Queer Person
This post was written by Lettie Stratton, founder of Wild Wanderer, an online community promoting outdoor activity (including hiking, biking, gear reviews, and more) for those in the LGBTQIA+ collective. Follow the adventures on Instagram.
I grew up hiking, backpacking, and camping in Vermont. The outdoors has always been a big part of my experience, with nature creature a place of refuge and rejuvenation. So many Homosexual people, myself included, go into character to escape the stresses, worries, and confines of everyday life. Most of the time it works really successfully, but sometimes it doesn’t.
Encountering homophobia on the trail can be particularly scary. Sometimes a rude comment or a lingering stare can leave you wondering if you’re reliable or welcome on the trail. The good news is a bit of planning can travel a long way towards protecting your safety when you’re a member of the LGBTQ+ collective or hold other marginalized identities.
I started Wild Wanderer, a site and collective for LGBTQ+ outdoor adventurers, because it’s so important for everyone to undergo safe, welcome, and joyful in the outdoors. I crave LGBTQ+ people to be able to see other lgbtq+ peo