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Local gay daredevils can get an adrenaline rush on the trapeze

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MYOB Adventures is offering flying trapeze lessons on two Saturdays in February at the Navy Yard. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Majoros)

Even though the days have been cold and the nights even colder, the local LGBT sports groups are still finding ways to be active.

“Forget fear – Worry about the addiction” is the motto for MYOB Adventures series of flying trapeze lessons at the Navy Yard. The next sessions are scheduled for Feb. 12 and 19. Each session is $80 and is limited to 10 people. Contact [email protected] for more information.

MYOB Adventures is also offering a snow tubing day trip at Whitetail Ski Resort on Jan. 29. The package will include luxury bus transportation, two hours of snow tubing and lunch. Contact [email protected] to sign up.

The D.C. Ice Breakers will be joined by the Federal Triangles Soccer Club on Feb. 16 from 8:15 to 9:15 p.m. at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Va. Skating is $8 and skate rental is $3. After the skate, join the group at Bailey’s Pub for socializing. Details can be found here.

The D.C. Gay Flag Football League (DCGFFL) has just closed registration for its spring season which begins Feb. 6. The second season registration topped out at a jaw-dropping 180 players. Members play at the Carter Barron fields and you can still get on the wait list at www.dcgffl.org.

Join the Adventuring Outdoors Group for its annual trek to Pennsylvania for the Gettysburg Battlefield Hike on Sunday. The hike through Gettysburg will feature the area northwest of town where the first day’s battle was fought on July 1, 1863, an action ending with a deceptively convincing Rebel triumph that planted the seeds for their ultimate defeat.

Total length of the hike should not exceed 8 miles over gently rolling and potentially icy and/or muddy terrain. Bring beverages, lunch and about $12 for fees. The group will carpool at 9 a.m. from the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro Station and will be back by dinnertime.  Contact [email protected] for more information.

The Adventuring Outdoors Group is also offering a much shorter hike on Jan. 30. The hike at Scott’s Run Nature Preserve is near the Capital Beltway’s American Legion Bridge. Total length of the hike will not exceed 3 miles and will go past the waterfall on Scott’s Run and along the Potomac River as well as up and down the palisades of the Potomac.  Bring beverages, lunch and $3 trip fee as well as fees for non-drivers.  The group will at 10 a.m. at a place to be determined near the Pentagon City Metro to carpool to the site and will return by 3:30 p.m. Contact [email protected].

The organizers of the Capital Queer Prom will be hosting a Wizards Night Out on Feb. 5 versus the Atlanta Hawks at 7 p.m. Tickets are $32 with $10 of each ticket going to the Capital Queer Prom which helps benefit the Capital Youth Alliance. The after party is at Nellies Sports Bar. Tickets can be purchased here.

Team D.C. is hosting a casino night on Feb. 19 from 9 p.m. to midnight at Buffalo Billiards. Members will be joined by the Washington Wetskins (water polo), Federal Triangles Soccer Club, D.C. Gay Flag Football, District of Columbia Aquatics Club (swimming), D.C. Strokes (rowing), Capital Area Rainbowlers Association (bowling) and the D.C. Ice Breakers (ice skating).

There will be blackjack tables, poker tables and a billiards tournament. Buffalo Billiards is located at Dupont Circle where you will find four 10-foot TV screens, 40 flat screens, seven dart boards, 18 pool tables, nine table shuffleboards, three full bars and lots of great food. Check it out at buffalobilliards.com/dc.

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More than a dozen LGBTQ athletes medal at Olympics

Milan Cortina games ended Sunday

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Gay French ice dancer Guillaume Cizeron, left, is among the LGBTQ athletes who medaled at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics that ended on Feb. 22, 2026. (Screenshot via NBC Sports/YouTube)

More than a dozen LGBTQ athletes won medals at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics that ended on Sunday.

Cayla Barnes, Hilary Knight, and Alex Carpenter are LGBTQ members of the U.S. women’s hockey team that won a gold medal after they defeated Canada in overtime. Knight the day before the Feb. 19 match proposed to her girlfriend, Brittany Bowe, an Olympic speed skater.

French ice dancer Guillaume Cizeron, who is gay, and his partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry won gold. American alpine skier Breezy Johnson, who is bisexual, won gold in the women’s downhill. Amber Glenn, who identifies as bisexual and pansexual, was part of the American figure skating team that won gold in the team event.

Swiss freestyle skier Mathilde Gremaud, who is in a relationship with Vali Höll, an Austrian mountain biker, won gold in women’s freeski slopestyle.

Bruce Mouat, who is the captain of the British curling team that won a silver medal, is gay. Six members of the Canadian women’s hockey team — Emily Clark, Erin Ambrose, Emerance Maschmeyer, Brianne Jenner, Laura Stacey, and Marie-Philip Poulin — that won silver are LGBTQ.

Swedish freestyle skier Sandra Naeslund, who is a lesbian, won a bronze medal in ski cross.

Belgian speed skater Tineke den Dulk, who is bisexual, was part of her country’s mixed 2000-meter relay that won bronze. Canadian ice dancer Paul Poirier, who is gay, and his partner, Piper Gilles, won bronze.

Laura Zimmermann, who is queer, is a member of the Swiss women’s hockey team that won bronze when they defeated Sweden.

Outsports.com notes all of the LGBTQ Olympians who competed at the games and who medaled.

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US wins Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey

Team captain Hilary Knight proposed to girlfriend on Wednesday

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The U.S. women’s hockey team on Thursday won a gold medal at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

Team USA defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime. The game took place a day after Team USA captain Hilary Knight proposed to her girlfriend, Brittany Bowe, an Olympic speed skater.

Cayla Barnes and Alex Carpenter — Knight’s teammates — are also LGBTQ. They are among the more than 40 openly LGBTQ athletes who are competing in the games.

The Olympics will end on Sunday.

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Attitude! French ice dancers nail ‘Vogue’ routine

Cizeron and Fournier Beaudry strike a pose in memorable Olympics performance

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Team France's Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry compete in the Winter Olympics. (Screen capture via NBC Sports and NBC News/YouTube)

Madonna’s presence is being felt at the Olympic Games in Italy. 

Guillaume Cizeron and his rhythm ice dancing partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry of France performed a flawless skate to Madonna’s “Vogue” and “Rescue Me” on Monday.

The duo scored an impressive 90.18 for their effort, the best score of the night.

“We’ve been working hard the whole season to get over 90, so it was nice to see the score on the screen,” Fournier Beaudry told Olympics.com. “But first of all, just coming out off the ice, we were very happy about what we delivered and the pleasure we had out there. With the energy of the crowd, it was really amazing.”

Watch the routine on YouTube here.

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