LGBTQ Run Clubs in NYC
6 clubs found. Find LGBTQ+ affirming and queer-led run clubs in NYC.
Front Runners New York
Front Runners New York is the oldest and largest LGBTQ+ running club in the country — founded in 1979, 1,100+ members, and the holder of a Guinness World Record for the largest pride charity run. Weekly fun runs on Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings in Central Park welcome everyone regardless of pace, identity, or experience level, with post-run dinners where members take turns picking the restaurant. The Saturday crew ends at Rutgers Church basement for bagels, and the club builds a tunnel to celebrate the final finisher every week. It's been holding down NYC's queer running community for 45 years with real infrastructure: coached track work, a spring Beginners Clinic, and an official NYRR partnership.
Brooklyn Queer Run Club
Brooklyn Queer Run Club is a deliberately no-barriers Saturday morning run crew in Brooklyn for LGBTQ+ runners of every pace and experience level — no signup, no experience required, just show up. What sets it apart from other queer run clubs is the intentional post-run hang: every week wraps with coffee, pastries, and local food, and the club periodically hosts potluck picnics where members bring homemade food and games, building social fabric that extends well beyond the miles. Runs rotate between Prospect Park and other Brooklyn locations, keeping the community embedded in the borough rather than migrating to Manhattan. The club explicitly positions itself as unequivocally queer and community-led, rejecting hierarchical or performance-driven structure in favor of belonging first.
Dyke Run NYC
A running club for queer women, trans, and non-binary people that is open to everyone and welcoming to beginners. Runs in Central Park, Prospect Park, and along the West Side Highway. Three sessions p All paces welcome.
GAY BAR FUN RUN
A twice-monthly run club that starts and ends at rotating gay bars in Brooklyn, offering 3 or 5 mile options at an easy pace followed by bar hangouts. Beginner welcome. Post-run at Gay bar.
Queer Runnings BK
A Brooklyn-based running club for queer women, trans, and non-binary folks. Open to all paces and levels with a strong community focus. Check their Instagram for current schedule and location updates. All paces welcome.
Queers Run Brooklyn
Queers Run Brooklyn is a community-led LGBTQ+ run club explicitly built to be accessible to all paces and experience levels — the priority is showing up queer together, not racing. The club meets three days a week and anchors its weekly long run at the steps of Brooklyn Central Library, one of the more committed schedules of any identity-based run club in the borough. It carries NYRR affiliation, giving it race-day credibility and infrastructure support, while staying deliberately grassroots and Discord-first for day-to-day communication. The club's Discord and Strava presence signal an engaged, habitual membership rather than a casual drop-in crowd.