C.C. Téllez is an openly lesbian distance runner from La Paz, Bolivia, currently living in Philadelphia. She is the founder of Lez Run Running Club, the Co-Race Director of the Philly Pride Run, and a proud ambassador for Athlete Ally and 261Fearless. She is the recipient of the 2017 William Way LGBT Community Center-Service Award and the 2018 OutProud award. C.C. has made it her mission to ensure that underrepresented athletes are seen, accounted for, and respected. She works hard to promote awareness, acceptance and change, and believes that visibility is the best way to knock down discrimination.

In this episode we discuss:

• LezRun, a Philadelphia (and beyond) running club for the LGBTQ community, their friends, and family
• Philly Pride Run, loud and proud running through the historic Pride Parade route in Center City, Philadelphia
• 261 Fearless, a global nonprofit using running to empower women
• Athlete Ally
• OPAL (Out Philly Athletic League)
• Front Runners
• CC’s Safaricom Marathon story
• Katherine Switzer
• Right to Run 19K at Seneca Falls

Follow C.C.:

• Instagram: @chazki15 @lezrun @phillypriderun
• Facebook: @phillypriderun @LezRun

Follow Social Sport:

• Instagram: @socialsportpod
• Facebook: @socialsportpod
• Twitter: @emmamzimm

Quote: “The more you get to give people access to the sport—the opportunity to participate, to engage—you’re going to find that we actually have more in common than we think….there’s no need to NOT allow someone to participate in something so great.”