It may come as a surprise to some that way back in the murky past of the ‘70s and ‘80s we also had our rendition of Grindr, slower I will admit, but we had it. Let me explain. In order to access this archaic app, one had to jump through a few hoops.

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This is a society that the LGBTQ+ community has been wanting for decades. Well, the good news is that there is a community where this is a reality. CrossFit (yes, I can hear all the eye rolls, but bear with me) has been taking the LGBTQ+ community, a

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