Bethany Miller

This is my third year sweating

I’m sweating to take a stand against discrimination and create real change

Why I’m Sweating with Pride

I'm taking on Sweat with Pride this June! 💦🌈

Right now, schools, workplaces, and even doctors’ offices aren’t safe for many in our community—and it’s putting lives at risk. LGBTQIA+ Kiwis face higher rates of mental illness, suicide, and STIs like syphilis, mpox, and HIV.

So, I'm fighting discrimination with perspiration—exercising an average of at least 45 (Edit: now 80!) minutes a day in June to raise money for life-changing Rainbow support services.

This cause means the world to me, and I’d be SO grateful if you could chip in to help me reach my goal. Every dollar makes a difference.

Thank you so much for your support! ❤️

My Fundraising

Impact

Achieved

In Progress

$100

Provides vital resources to support Rainbow communities

Achieved

In Progress

$300

Free, confidential mental health support for Rainbow Kiwis

Achieved

In Progress

$500

Ensures more people can access life-changing health services without cost barriers

Achieved

In Progress

$1,000

Fund an educational workshop to create safer, more inclusive spaces

Achieved

In Progress

$2,500

Provides a full day of community outreach, to improve wellbeing and reduce stigma on a large scale

💖 I’m $499 away from my next impact milestone. Will you help me reach it?

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Sweat

I’m sweating for 80 minutes per day this June!

1,790 minutes completed

2,400 minutes goal

My Fundraising

Ranking

I’m #435 out of 5,960 Sweaty Bettys

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Bethany Miller

Raised

$501

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Updates

Grateful for generous friends & sun after rain 💛

Wednesday 18 June 2025

Day 7-18 of Sweat with Pride (roughly weeks 2-3):

💛 Thank you dollar match day donors! You helped me:
📈 Just exceed my fundraising goal, so I’ve now extended it to $400 - thank you so much!
💦 Exceeded my “sweat goal”, so I’ve extended it to av. 80 mins / day! :D

Activities over the past 12 days:

360 mins Physical Theatre 🎭
440 mins Contact Improv 💃
505 mins Cycling 🚴‍♀️
60 mins Pilates 🤸‍♀️
60 mins Yoga 🧘‍♀️
10 mins Cold Ocean Swimming 🏊‍♀️
65 mins Walking🚶‍♀️

Sweat with Pride has pushed me out of my comfort zone the past couple weeks with first time Contact Improv 💃(2 day dance-like workshop with the sensational Eliza Sanders, who has a movement + creative writing workshop this weekend “Poetry in Motion” (Pōneke) I’ll be at, that you can also join!), first time 7am Yoga class 🧘‍♀️, cold swimming 🏊‍♀️, pilates 🤸‍♀️, plus more excuses to bike 🚴‍♀️and walk🚶‍♀️(in a wide range of weather hahaha).

Finally the sun is back, so here’s a pic of me in the sun! Also grateful for wonderful friends who introduced this night owl 🌝🌙 to dawn yoga + cold swimming combos last week!! (And I’m very grateful!!) I think we’re gonna go again tomorrow!

Windy, Woolly, Wet Adventures!

Thursday 12 June 2025

How have you been so far this rainy/windy June? 😅💨☔️

It’s been a wild and woolly start to Sweat with Pride this year hasn’t it! 🌪🌈 💦

Nevertheless, I’ve appreciated the extra push to get outdoors or move my body, including some new things, out of my comfort zone!

So far I've biked almost daily in a wide range of weather conditions 🚴‍♀️😂, swum in the ocean 🏊‍♀️ had my first 7am in-person yoga class amidst rain 🧘‍♀️ and my first live online Pilates class🤸‍♀️ (both very out of character, especially early mornings for this night owl!), danced alone to a live swing band 💃, walked 🚶‍♀️, and done an epic 2-day physical theatre intensive! 🎭

I'm sure you've all be braving rain / exercise in your own ways too! 😅

If you happen to have any spare $ in these tight times that you're able to donate to my fundraising page, I'd be very grateful 💖

Regardless, thanks for sharing joy in the world that’s needed at the moment, and support for rainbow kiwis 💛🌈