WHY YOUR MEMBERSHIP MATTERS.
EVERYBODY Gym continues its commitment to community by offering sponsored memberships to those in need within the LGBTQIA+ community, especially those affected by ongoing anti-Trans legislation. Your membership helps us sustain our Sponsorship Program, which offers both in person and online membership to folks who may not have safe or local access to spaces like ours.
One of the ways we have always departed from mainstream gym culture is by supporting our community members who need it most. We know a lot of folks simply can't afford gym membership who would most benefit from our services, and that's why we have created sponsored memberships and opportunities for those in need.
We continue our commitment to building an inclusive community by offering 10 sponsored (free) local all-inclusive and 10 online (HOMEBODY VOD*) memberships. These memberships are for both locals and folks who reside outside the LA metro area.
If you are in need of our services, including access to a fully equipped gym, classes led by and for our diverse community, and online programming available anywhere in the world, we invite you to fill out our online form by 12/31 to be considered. Recipients will be notified early January.
Transgender, BIPOC, and disabled folks highly encouraged to apply! (Even if you reside out of state!)
We understand that services and healthcare access are particularly at risk for our queer and transgender community members at this moment, and we would love to reach those in regions outside California where safe and guaranteed access to LGBTQIA+ affirming healthcare and services is being restricted and banned by the incoming Administration.
If you know of any LGBTQIA+ orgs in ‘red states,’ or more deeply affected areas, please help us reach out by forwarding this link and invitation to apply for membership.
Thank you for your support and membership, which helps us subsidize and support these sponsorship opportunities. Consider joining or renewing during our membership sale going on now thru 12/31/24!
During this time of year, we also want to make it abundantly clear that your body is the BOSS, and we’re here to listen to what you need to help you connect with your own body, just as you are. Our shared goal is for folks to feel better in their bodies, to love their bodies, and for movement to be a form of pleasure, not punishment. Unlike most gyms, we don’t tell you what you need to do or look like to be “fit” or “healthy.” Our mission is clear and guided by a fundamental goal of making health and wellness accessible, inclusive, and affordable for all people.
*WHAT IS HOMEBODY VOD?
Our online programming has evolved from ZOOM classes created overnight in the wake of the pandemic as a means for our own survival as a small business when our brick and mortar location was forced to close for 6 months in 2020. During this time, we had to go exclusively online, growing our audience overnight to people across the US and the world.
From $5 livestreams on ZOOM to a wide range of home workout videos you can do in your room (or anywhere in the world!), HOMEBODY has now expanded to a growing fitness video library that is accessible to all!
Most importantly, we developed HOMEBODY to show that people who have historically been excluded from fitness spaces and leadership are the most important people to feature at this critical time when representation matters most. We also recognize that there are many people who either require or prefer the ability to work out from home for their own comfort and safety.
Along with our core MOVE/BUILD classes, we deliberately celebrate movement in non-traditional forms that include restorative and non-aerobic modalities. Centering rest and restoration with our RISE/HEAL classes is just as important to health and wellness!
HOMEBODY offers a wide range of movement practices that give you a variety of options for home workout: Yoga, Pilates, Boxing, Barre, Dance, Aerobics, Tai Chi, Meditation, Self-Defense, Weightlifting tips for top surgery, Mobility, Core & more! And it’s all produced in house by local members, staff, and our friends at SLOW BLINK, with a super fun 80’s neon vibe. No more ZOOM logins or rewinding tapes, just watch on your phone, tablet or desktop 24/7!
VOD is also included in your membership or available as a separate subscription for non-local folks. (Or anyone who requires/ prefers an online only workout option.)
Check out a few HOMEBODY classes on our YouTube channel!
Sale Pricing available thru 12/31/24:
$33/ mo. Basic Gym + Amenities + VOD
$66/ mo. Gym + Classes + VOD. Includes all of our classes, amenities, and off-site swim/ beach events.
$20/ mo. VOD only.
Trans Lives Matter. Your Membership Matters.
Thank you for helping us support our Sponsored Members!
aug blog: CREW & MEMBER LOVE CLUB
We know it’s still Summer, but so much has been FALLing into our laps, we wanted to share! Here is a little late summer roundup of inspiring stories from our staff and members…
We know it’s still Summer, but so much has been FALLing into our laps, we wanted to share! Here is a little late summer roundup of inspiring stories from our staff and members…
FALL IN GLOVE 🥊
Did you know our Boxing Basics Instructor Katie Singer is also a published author with a PhD in American Studies? Katie’s work engages the fields of African-American History and Culture through Oral History and Urban History, and in her new book ‘Alien Soil: Oral Histories of Great Migration Newark,’ she foregrounds stories of a city, and a historical era, that too often get told by those without lived experience.
“I draw on this academic background in my activist work, as well. I am involved in various political and social justice organizations around immigration justice, carceral reform, and the election of progressive candidates.
If oral histories were more often taught in the classroom, maybe some folks out there wouldn’t be quite so confused about our country’s story!”
Pick up your copy of Alien Soil here and Fall in Glove with Katie’s Boxing Class Tuesdays 6pm/ Thursdays 9am.
Coach Katie has been a champ filling in for Juri’s Boxing classes while he was on his Classical Guitar Summer Tour. What does boxing have to do with guitar? Juri is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Southern California where he is researching how the application of sport's psychology can help musicians with performance anxiety and stage fright.
Curious? Get a taste of Juri’s IRL Boxing Classes on HOMEBODY VOD or IRL here!
MINDFUL
August was the birth month of our lovely Leo Sabel and Transgeder Awareness Month! You can book Personal Trainer Sabel Samone Loreca Saturdays and Sundays as she has adjusted her schedule to focus on her passion working with the Trans-focused G.L.A.M.O.R. division of Minority Aids Project.
We also featured Sabel’s projects last week on IG for #NationalNonprofitDay. We wanted to also give a shout out to the Audre Lorde Health Program, your local body positive, sex positive, patient centered, trauma-informed sliding scale Health Care Provider centering the LBTQ community.
COSMIC EMOTIONS
Did you know our Yoga Instructor mx puja singh (they/them) is also a brilliant singer, songwriter, activist, and producer? Immerse yourself in COSMIC EMOTIONS, puja’s new album which will be out on their bday, Friday September 6th! They will also be having a release show + birthday party that night at 7p @kiefy.studio in LA. ‘plz help spread the word! I CANNOT WAIT TO PERFORM FOR YOU + CELEBRATE W YOU!!!!!!’ 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
Get your tix and stream Puja’s music here!
Corn stars
In other news…Our HR heroine Jamie has joined a new Queer Corn Hole league. Yes, @funbagsla, ‘LA’s first(?) queer she/they cornhole league’ is every Tuesday at the 4100 Bar in Silverlake starting this Tuesday 8/27. Butter her up by going to support and LET THE GAYMES BEGIN!
MEMBER LOVE CLUB
Thank you for mentioning us in your new blog, Jamie Hahn! We’re honored (ok, blushing) to be mentioned alongside Queersound and The Lex App as an engaging queer space to connect and meet new ppl! Here’s a little excerpt from 3 (and a half) Secrets to Making Queer Friendships in Los Angeles:
Jamie recently quit their 9-5 job to start their own marketing biz for artists, creative, and the queer community. Need more connection, direction, or just a little rebrand? Follow @jamiehahncreative and look for her note up on our EVERYBODY Community Board! Next time you’re in the gym (or see Jamie at a Queersound show or on the apps ), make sure to connect! A member to remember!
stuntin’
Wrestling 101 has been tons of fun and GOING STRONG since May. We recently welcomed Pro Wrestler American Oni to the team to add B2B Beginner Wrestling Dates while Pro Wrestler Candy Pain has gone full Nelson and is now part of a local play:
Happy Fall: A Queer Stunt Spectacular is an original theatrical experience about a queer closeted stuntman’s journey to discover himself in a world of faux masculinity, unmasking the importance and danger of being true to oneself. Happy Fall is running thru Sept. 8 at the LA LGBT Center.
DOUBLE DOWN
We are so excited that Queer Wrestling is making a comeback! Just heard on the Gaydar: Transdudes of LA are having an upcoming wrestling match Sept. 21st and our Wrestling Instructor American Oni will be participating! Follow them for more info! It looks like a super fun down n dirty, yall!
We’re also excited to announce we’ve been plotting and scheming our own special match with Candy and Oni for a while and will announce our date soon! Plan your outfits and get ready to RUMMMBBBBLLLLLE!!!! Curious? Check our schedge for the next Wrestling 101!
CREW CUTS
Some clips from last month’s Staff Social. <3
Stay tuned for next month’s Fall Member Feature on Veronica Huerta, Mexican Olympic Curling Team Medalist!
If you are a member and would like to be featured, please DM us at @everybodylosangeles or email media@everybodylosangeles.com
🥊BIGLOVE. - EVERYBODY