NEWS AND MEDIA

“Have you heard about Chicago Rowing Union?” Chicago Tribune, June 2022

What started as a group created by members of the LGBTQ+ community in 2005 to row in the Gay Games in 2006, is now an inclusive competitive and recreational rowing club focused on promoting diversity in the sport of rowing, according to CRU’s President Simone Azure. The sport is historically pricey and known to be a predominately white one, per Azure — one of CRU’s eight-person boats cost $13,000, and that was used. Read more here.

Discussion with CRU President Simone Azure on Steady State Network