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| Type of site | Social network |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| URL | gaysurfers |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional, required for some features |
| Users | About 6000 |
| Launched | 2010; 15 years ago (2010) |
| Current status | Active |
GaySurfers.net is a global community that promotes diversity within the surfing community and provide the means for LGBT surfers to connect. The website was featured in the award-winning documentary film Out in the Lineup.
History
GaySurfers.net was created in 2010 by Thomas Castets, who also produced the Out in the Lineup, a documentary that explores homophobia in the surfing community. Castets, a surfer from Sydney, Australia, created the website hoping to find out if there were any other gay surfers. Within weeks of launching the website, more than 300 surfers contacted him.
See also
References
- ^ Coldwell, Will (October 10, 2014). "Caught on camera: the homophobic world of surfing". The Guardian. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- "Objectives". GaySurfers.net. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- Housman, Justin (November 12, 2013). "OUT IN THE LINE-UP: A Film about Homosexuality in Surfing". Surfer. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- Dow, Steve (February 9, 2014). "Breaking through waves of ignorance". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved March 21, 2015.