GaySurfers.net

GaySurfers.com
Type of site
Social network
Available inEnglish
URLgaysurfers.com
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional, required for some features
UsersAbout 6000
Launched2010; 15 years ago (2010)
Current statusActive

GaySurfers.net is a global online community that promotes diversity within the surfing community and provide the means for LGBTQ people who are surfers to connect. This social media website was featured in the award-winning[1] documentary film Out in the Lineup.[2]

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.[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

References

  1. ^ a b Coldwell, Will (October 10, 2014). "Caught on camera: the homophobic world of surfing". The Guardian. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "Objectives". GaySurfers.net. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  3. ^ Housman, Justin (November 12, 2013). "OUT IN THE LINE-UP: A Film about Homosexuality in Surfing". Surfer. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  4. ^ Dow, Steve (February 9, 2014). "Breaking through waves of ignorance". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved March 21, 2015.