Groups & leagues

Same time next week? That's how friends happen.

A bar is great for a night out, but it's hard to get past small talk over loud music. A run club, a chorus or a game night gives you something to do together and the same faces every week, so by the third visit people know your name. Here are 115 LGBTQ+ clubs, leagues and regular nights in 16 cities, each with the month we last checked it was still running.

Not sure how to start? Read How to make gay friends as an adult, then pick one thing here and go three times.

1 group in New York City · Swim teams

New York City

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Swim team

Team New York Aquatics (TNYA)

Several practices a week across Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx; book via the team's Fall 2026 schedule

Pools in Manhattan, Brooklyn & the Bronx

NYC's LGBTQ+ masters swim, water polo and artistic swimming team. There's adult learn-to-swim and a second-Tuesday water polo clinic for beginners, plus plenty of socials.

Official site

Checked Oct 2026Report a change to Team New York Aquatics (TNYA)

Schedules are as each group gives them: monthly groups meet once a month, and seasonal leagues only in season. Times change, so check the group's own site before you go. Something wrong, or a group we're missing? Post in Friends & Community. Nobody pays to be listed.

Same time next week? That's how friends happen.

New York City

Team New York Aquatics (TNYA)

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