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Out to Swim marching in Pride London 2011.

Out To Swim is a British aquatics sport club offering swimming, water polo and artistic swimming club for predominantly LGBTQ+ people and allied members. The club was founded by AGM when the name was agreed in March 1992. In 2006 "Out to swim Brighton" was formed in Brighton and Hove and 2018 "Out To Swim West" in Bristol.

Inspired by the swimming teams at the Gay Games in Vancouver in 1990, the club has competed at national and international competitions; it has expanded to include a synchronized swimming team, and regularly competes in open water events. Their first annual swimming competition was held in 1997 and attracted 23 gay and straight teams from all over Europe.

In June 2012 a team of six members from the club swam the English Channel for charity.

The club is also one of the few aquatics clubs in the world that offers men participation in synchronised swimming. In 2012 the club were part of a campaign for men to be allowed to compete in synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Until 2022 artistic swimming was one of only two Olympic sports that discriminate on the basis of gender.

In 2019 Out To Swim registered as a charity in England & Wales with the stated aim of "The promotion, for the public benefit, of equality and diversity in swimming and other aquatic sports".

Out To Swim is a member of the International Gay & Lesbian Aquatics association and European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF).

References

  1. ^ "Gay water polo in London - Gay & Lesbian - Time Out london". Timeout.com. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  2. "Brighton".
  3. "Bristol".
  4. Colin Nicholson (10 May 2002). "Gay: Swim Group Goes To New Lengths; Swimming". The Mirror. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  5. "Ivan Bussens". The Times. 12 September 2007.
  6. Joe Morgan, "Gay team to swim English Channel for charity", Gay Star News, 24 June 2012
  7. "London beckons". Irish Times. 7 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012.(subscription required)
  8. "Artistic swimming men finally get the pool to themselves". France 24. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  9. "OUT TO SWIM - Charity 1181454". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  10. "IGLA Team Map « IGLA: International LGBTQ+ Aquatics".
  11. EGLSF. "Members". EGLSF.info. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

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