After a non-negative experience at a gym in Edmonton
Binary Kyle Fairall wants to create a safe gym for cool, trans and non-trans
Binary in Edmonton
On Sunday, Fairall will create Queerflex-
This is the first gym in Canada dedicated to LGBT people.
Odawa, friendly space to design a safe LGBT fitness facility
InQueerflex is a non-
Profit gym in Edmonton, by offering-on-
Conduct a fitness training in a safe and inclusive environment.
Fairall, he thinks
They were honored when they found the nomination.
\"I was blown away,\" Fairall said in an interview with CBC Radio on Friday . \".
Fairall created Queerflex because of how important fitness is to their lives.
\"Fitness is a big thing that helps me calm down with my own body and reconnect with my body,\" they said . \".
As employees and clients, their experience in a regular gym is often uncomfortable.
\"I really don\'t think there is much support,\" fairler said . \".
Fairall guessed that other people felt the same way, so he came up with the idea of launching Queerflex and started working immediately.
This has been a success so far.
\"It was very good,\" Fairall said . \".
\"I am very grateful every day to those who trust me to help them complete their fitness journey.
\"Building elastic fairwar says the rest of the people who come to the gym do this because they feel at ease in a place where there is no judgment.
\"That person knows that they don\'t have to worry about other people in the gym who might say or do something that would make them feel insecure,\" Fairall said . \".
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\"They feel it is safe to explore fitness and connect with the body, and in a regular gym environment, they often can\'t do that,\" they said . \".
The gym is also designed to help the LGBTQ community feel more comfortable in other gyms throughout the city.
\"Building resilience is a big chunk of it,\" Fairall said . \".
\"This is an important part of the sustainability of such work.
\"But in terms of inviting LGBT people who are not in the gym, Fairall says that the attitudes and policies of gyms across Edmonton have to change dramatically.
\"When every LGBTQA person in Edmonton feels that it is safe to exercise in all fitness facilities in the city, I would be very happy to welcome those who recognize it outside the umbrella, they say.
While Fairall believes there is still a long way to go for this change, it is not because of a lack of effort.
\"I think this is just a lack of access to information,\" they said . \".
But the changes in attitudes and policies that Fairall has seen, and the awards they will receive on Sunday, prove to Fairall that they are working.
\"This is an honor,\" Fairall said . \".
\"I was so excited to think that the work I was doing had such a big impact on someone\'s life that they felt the need to nominate me for such an award.
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