GaySurfers.net
Type of site | Social network |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| URL | gaysurfers |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional, required for some features |
| Users | About 6000 |
| Launched | 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[1] documentary film Out in the Lineup.[2]
History[edit]
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.[3] 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.[1][4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b 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.