2025 LGBTQ+ Sports Directory

The Twin Cities metro is home to a remarkable number of athletes who identify as LGBTQ+ and allies. The sports they participate in are wide-ranging — from basketball to broomball to bocce and more — and the teams are all welcoming and inclusive to new members as well as to spectators.

Whether you want to join in as a member of a team or simply cheer on these athletes from the sidelines, here’s a list of what is out there in our community sports scene and where to find out more details about the leagues.

Basketball

Women’s Silver Fox Basketball League
Women • Ages 40-plus • Beginners welcome
www.ywcampls.org/basketball

Bocce

Stonewall Sports — Bocce
Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies • Beginners welcome • Games held at Bottineau Field Park, NE Minneapolis
[email protected] sites.google.com/stonewallsports.org/stonewallsportstwincities/sports/bocce

Bowling

Twin Cities Pride Bowlers
Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies • All ages welcome • Minneapolis and Bloomington, Minn.
[email protected]
facebook.com/groups/TCPrideBowlers

Wednesday Rainbow League — Twin Cities
Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies • Open and diverse
[email protected]
facebook.com/WednesdayRainbowLeague

Broomball

Minnesota Broomball Program
Women and nonbinary athletes
[email protected] mnbroomball.org

Cornhole

Stonewall Sports — Cornhole
Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies • Sociable Cider Werks, NE Minneapolis[email protected] sites.google.com/stonewallsports.org/stonewallsportstwincities/sports/cornhole

Climbing

OutClimb
Queer, nonbinary and trans climbers • All backgrounds and skill levels welcome
(612) 440-9209 • [email protected]
outclimb.gay

Cycling

Team Recess
Women, FTWNB
facebook.com/teamrecess

Dodgeball

Stonewall Sports – Dodgeball
Coed • Ages 21-plus • All are welcome • Harold Mezile North Community YMCA, North Minneapolis
[email protected]
sites.google.com/stonewallsports.org/stonewallsportstwincities/sports/dodgeball

Flag Football

Minnesota Gay Flag Football League (MNGFFL)
Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies • All are welcome • Logan Park, 690 13th Ave. NE, Minneapolis
[email protected]
mngffl.com

Hockey

Team Trans Twin Cities Hockey
Open to trans/nonbinary players of any skill levelteamtranshockey.com

Twin Cities Queer Hockey Association
LGBTQIA and allies welcome
tcqha.org

Women’s Hockey Association of Minnesota
Women • Ages 18-plus • All are welcome
[email protected]
whamhockey.org

Kickball

Stonewall Sports — Kickball
Coed • Ages 21-plus • LGBTQ+ • Northeast Athletic Field Park, NE Minneapolis
[email protected]
sites.google.com/stonewallsports.org/stonewallsportstwincities/sports/kickball

Motorcycling

Dykes on Bikes MPLS
Women
[email protected]
facebook.com/dykesonbikesmpls

Twin City Riders
Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies
twincityriders.com

Outdoor Recreation

Outwoods
Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies • Welcoming and inclusive
outwoods.org

Pickleball

Stonewall Sports — Pickleball
Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies • Lucky Shots Pickleball Club, 3300 Fifth St. NE, Minneapolis
[email protected]
sites.google.com/stonewallsports.org/stonewallsportstwincities/sports/pickleball

Quadball

Twin Cities Quadball Club
Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies • Diverse, welcoming and inclusive
twincitiesqc.com • facebook.com/twincitiesqc/

Rodeo

North Star Gay Rodeo Association
Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies • Dead Broke Arena, Hugo, Minn.
[email protected]
nsgra.org

Roller Derby

Twin Cities Roller Derby
Coed • All genders • All are welcome
facebook.com/TwinCitiesRollerDerby

Minnesota Roller Derby
Women, nonbinary, gender-expansive people • Ages 18-plus
[email protected]
mnrollerderby.com

North Star Roller Derby
Women • Open to all skill levels • Welcoming, diverse and inclusive
[email protected]
northstarrollerderby.com

Rugby

Minneapolis Mayhem RFC
Men • LGBTQ+ and allies • All experience levels welcome
[email protected]
mayhemrugby.org

Menagerie Rugby
Coed, gender-inclusive • LGBTQ+ and allies • All experience levels welcome
[email protected]
menagerierugbyclub.com

Metropolis Rugby FC
Men/women • All ages/skill levels welcome • Welcoming, diverse and inclusive
For information, email Barb at [email protected]
metropolisrugby.com

Twin Cities Amazons FC
Women • All experience levels welcome • Welcoming, diverse and inclusive
[email protected]
amazonrugby.org

Running/Walking

MSP Frontrunners
Running, walking • Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies • All-inclusive, all fitness levels welcome
[email protected]
mspfrontrunners.org

Soccer

TC Jacks Soccer Club
Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies
tcjacks.org

Minnesota Gray Ducks Soccer
Men’s, coed, women’s, trans • LGBTQ+ and allies • League, pickup and traveling adult soccer
[email protected]
grayducks.com

Softball

Northern Lights Women’s Softball League
Women/all who identify as women, trans and nonbinary
[email protected]
facebook.com/nlwsl.twincities

Twin Cities Goodtime Softball League
Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies • Diverse and inclusive
[email protected]
tcgsl.sportngin.com

Swimming

Minnesota Ice Swim Club
Coed • LGBTQ+ • Welcoming and inclusive to all
[email protected]
mniceswimclub.com

Tennis

Stonewall Sports — Tennis
Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies • InnerCity Tennis, 4005 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis (Fall/Winter/Spring) and Mounds View High School, 1900 Lake Valentine Rd., Arden Hills, Minn. (Summer)
[email protected]
sites.google.com/stonewallsports.org/stonewallsportstwincities/sports/tennis

Volleyball

GLASS Volleyball
Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies • All skill levels welcome
[email protected]
glassports.org

Gray Ducks Sand and Indoor Volleyball
Coed • LGBTQ+ and allies • All skill levels welcome
(651) 317-9262
grayducks.com/volleyball