Leif 🏳️‍🌈

@tylerjohnson
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Let's run away and live in the wilderness far from the nearest cell signal; he/him/they
Founder of Climb Out, seeking to elevate Queer, Trans, and other self-identified LGBTQIA2S+ voices in the climbing and outdoor communities. 
Personal: Mountain & Alpine, Rock Climbing, Backpacking, Sailing, LGBTQ+, Photography, Musician, WFR, former EMT
Professional: InfoSec, Advisory, Compliance, Vulnerability Management, Threat Intelligence, Monitoring & Detection, Risk Management
Climb Out Instagramhttps://instagram.com/climboutpride
Climb Out Websitehttps://climboutpride.org/
Leif 🏳️‍🌈Dec 21, 2022

Heads up! If my handle looks different soon, it's because I'm migrating to a new Mastodon instance.

In the interest of less "drinking from the firehose" when it comes to local posts, I'll be living on outdoor.lgbt.

Leif 🏳️‍🌈Dec 20, 2022
AI6YR BenDec 20, 2022
Mastodon #PetPeeve: all the former birdsite blue checks who are broadcasting and not reading their replies here at all, even though they have only a fraction of the followers they did there.
Leif 🏳️‍🌈Dec 19, 2022
GeraldineDec 18, 2022

Honestly moving to Mastodon from the bird site feels like I just switched to PBS after years of exclusively watching a reality TV show called, I don't know, EXTREME HATEFEST: ORGY ISLAND or something.

Like, yeah, of course it's going to be a little jarring but trust me it's better this way.

Leif 🏳️‍🌈Dec 18, 2022

We have posters!

#ClimbOut #climbing #lgbt #queer

Leif 🏳️‍🌈Dec 17, 2022

Re:"The wild amount of support we've been receiving" My neighbor just told me he wants to print us stickers and make magnets for #ClimbOut!!

The community is amazing!
#lgbt #climbing #queer

Leif 🏳️‍🌈Dec 16, 2022
Leif 🏳️‍🌈Dec 13, 2022
Next month Climb Out (IG:climboutpride) will be hosting Santa Barbara's first ever Queer Climb Night!
We've started Climb Out with the goal of elevating #Queer #Trans and other self-identified #LGBTQIA2S+ voices in the #climbing and #outdoor communities. The initial support has been amazing and we're really excited to see where this leads.
Show threadLeif 🏳️‍🌈Dec 16, 2022
Folks we haven't even had our first meeting yet and people want merch.
Show threadLeif 🏳️‍🌈Dec 16, 2022
We've already been approached by members of the community about getting a booth at next year's #Pride.
Show threadLeif 🏳️‍🌈Dec 16, 2022

The wild amount of support we've been receiving has been astounding. It really feels like everyone has wanted/needed this but didn't know where to turn.

The local #climbing gym is partnering with us, multiple professional guides have reached out offering services. The American Alpine Club wants to help us get 501c(3)!

Leif 🏳️‍🌈Dec 16, 2022
So what started as "This was wonderful, I'd love to see this in my own community, too bad I don't have time" has turned into starting a new organization and running outreach.