“We have spent the past several months building a technologically advanced Gay.com that addresses the changing needs of our members,” said Bernard Rook, Gay.com’s executive vice president and general manager. “And we’re not done. We have more advanced features just around the corner that are going to increasingly allow members to better connect and get beyond the superficial.”
In addition to its already trusted features like instant messaging, extensive profiles, and photo galleries, Gay.com now offers exciting new features. The new design allows members to easily identify and connect with other members in close proximity. Additionally members have quick and easy access to suggested matches, new messages, and friend requests. The site also now allows members to update their status, expand their profiles, curate their photos into albums, and send photos to other members as well as create personalized lists and send photos directly to other members.
One of Gay.com members’ favorite and most used features, Chat, has an updated look and feel. Chat is now an integrated messaging system that can be accessed throughout the site, allowing members to move through profiles and pages while simultaneously chatting. The new site provides members the opportunity to join various Communities based on particular interests such as Military Service, Fitness, and many others, easily connecting users with others that have similar interests.
“Giving our members the ability to congregate around specific Communities allows them to make their search for friends and mates as expanded or narrow they wish. The need for multiple apps to access a specific community is no longer necessary,” said Gay.com brand manager Brett Edward Stout. “The new Gay.com provides members a fun and technologically sophisticated environment that meets the numerous needs of our users, whether they’re looking for friends, activity partners, or their one true love.”
Additionally, Gay.com’s new Lifestyle section updates members with current news, editorial, and features from the most trusted gay and lesbian brands from the Here Media portfolio, including The Advocate, OUT, and Gay.net.
As always, Gay.com continues to provide a user-friendly social networking system where members can meet like-minded individuals. Members can immediately access member profiles, create their own lists for organizing contacts, multi-chat, and learn more about other members than just their location. The site’s new and existing extensive social networking capabilities provide both a safe and comfortable online meeting environment.
