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About Us
Welcome to thegay-friendlysource.
Our PhilosophyThe purpose of this site is to foster and encourage a gay-friendly environment throughout the world and among all people. The site
is intended to be used by everyone, regardless of his or her orientation.
What is “gay-friendly”?
- Open and welcoming to all people regardless of their orientation
- Supportive of gay people and their relationships
- Respectful of all people
- Treat all people equally
- Non-judgmental
Who We Arethegay-friendlysource is a comprehensive resource offering current and archived gay and gay-friendly news and
editorials. The site also offers insights from gay men, women, and youth about what it is like to be gay, to grow up gay, and to live as a gay man,
lesbian or youth. Read rich and anecdotal stories from and about those who are gay and from those who are not who share their experiences about being gay
and about sharing in each other’s lives.
The site offers spiritual and inspirational readings and reflections, as well.
thegay-friendlysource offers two searches: an events search where site visitors search for gay-friendly events and happenings and a
search for finding gay-friendly businesses, organizations, and professionals.
Even if you are not gay or lesbian, perhaps you have a child,
sibling, parent or other family member who is. Maybe you have a friend, neighbor or coworker who is a member of the LGBT community. thegay-friendlysource
hopes that by providing news, information, insights, and reflections, it leads to a greater appreciation and increased understanding for all and
contributes to creating a gay-friendly world. Do you believe that gay people should be treated just as you and your loved ones are and that they should
enjoy the same rights, privileges and opportunities as others? If so, you may wish to support businesses, organizations, and professionals that share
your view of equality. Find these in thegay-friendlysource’s business, organization and professionals search.
It is
thegay-friendlysource’s wish that you find the site useful, informative, and easy to use.
Thank you for visiting and we hope
that you visit often.
The Site
Each day there is an abundance of news featuring gay, lesbian, and gay-friendly
issues. In the In the News and Editorials
sections, thegay-friendlysource provides a place where you can read and search for current and archived news articles and editorials of
interest to those who are gay and gay-friendly. Read current news or search archived news articles
by keyword, date range and/or by source. In addition, read editorials from newspapers, magazines, and other publications an online sources.
Search current or archived editorials by keyword and/or date range. the
gay-friendlysource hopes to be your source for the latest gay and gay-friendly world, national, and local news, events and editorials.
The site offers a forum that consists of essays contributed by site visitors
that offer insight into What it’s like… to be gay or lesbian. Read essays submitted by those who are not
gay, as well, but share their experiences of what it is like being a part of the life of someone who is part of the LGBT community. Gay people share
what it is like being a part of their non-gay friends, family members, neighbors or co-workers lives, too. Visitors to the site are invited to submit
an essay sharing their thoughts and experiences they feel provide insight into what it is like to be gay or to share a closeness with someone who is.
Search current or archived essays by keyword and/or date range.
thegay-friendlysource features a resource for
spirituality and inspiration, which offers essays and reflections for all. In this section of the
site, those who are members of the LGBT community and those who are not, can read and contribute inspirational essays and reflections.
Search for current and archived items, as well, by keyword and/or date range. Visitors
to the site are encouraged to submit essays and reflections they would like to share and feel would be inspiring to others. In addition,
search our index for places of worship.
Looking for gay-friendly events and happenings in your home city or
town or in a city or town to which you may be traveling? Search thegay-friendlysource Events and Happenings section for a
wide range of gay-friendly cultural, civic, and other activities and events. Search for events
and happenings by keyword, city or state, and/or by date range. Search results include a description of the event from event organizers. Click here to
add an event.
thegay-friendlysource provides a resource to
search for gay-friendly businesses, organizations, professionals and services. This comprehensive search offers two ways of searching. The Search for
Gay-friendly Businesses and Organizations search box offers those who visit the site the opportunity to search by broad categories, such as
Professional Services, Retail or Travel. The index search allows those who use the site to
search by more specific categories such as Accountants, Men’s or Women’s Clothing, or Inns and B&B’s Search results offer descriptions of businesses
and organizations from business owners, organizations and professionals, as well as comments and reviews from those who have visited these
establishments. The sharing of experiences with the featured businesses, organizations, professionals and service providers are invaluable to
others who visit the site since they provide first-hand
accounts of the experiences of those who have patronized or visited the businesses, organizations, and professionals featured here. If you have
visited a business, organization or professional or used the services of a business featured on the site, thegay-friendlysource invites you to submit comments
and reviews to the Search for Gay-friendly Businesses and Organizations section of the site so that others may benefit from your experience.
The businesses, organizations and professionals featured in these searches have assured thegay-friendlysource that they are
open and welcoming to all people, regardless of their orientation, thereby eliminating exclusivity or anything less than exceptional service due
to one’s orientation. Please support these businesses, organizations and professionals. They have said they are welcoming to everyone, gay and
non-gay, and they would be delighted to serve you. If you are a gay-friendly business, organization, professional or service provider
thegay-friendlysource invites you to advertise here.
thegay-friendlysource is pleased to provide advertising to selected non-profit organizations as a public service to our communities.
For more information, please contact us.
thegay-friendlysource features an extensive array
of people, businesses, and organizations that are gay-friendly. An individual’s or organization’s presence on the site does not infer or imply
anything about individual’s or organization’s orientation nor that they cater solely to gay clientele. In fact, one of the tenets of the site is
that all the businesses and organizations featured here are open and welcoming to all people, gay and non-gay alike. Being featured here proclaims
that the businesses, organizations, professionals, services and others that are featured embrace a philosophy of equality for all, regardless of their
orientation, and that they and their business or organization are welcoming to all people as customers, clients, members, guests and employees. A
gay-friendly business or organization actively encourages gay people to visit their locations and encourages and welcomes all people, those who are
members of the LGBT community and those who are not, to join in being part of a gay-friendly world.
The advertisers on this site have said
that they operate according to principle that all people should be welcomed and respected equally, regardless of their orientation. As with
anything else, each experience at a particular establishment, organization, etc., may vary, and thegay-friendlysource cannot
be held responsible for any particular experience with a person or establishment featured on this site. However, all advertisers and those
featured in the “Events and Happenings” and “Search for gay-friendly businesses and organizations” have assured
thegay-friendlysource that they uphold and affirm the principles of being gay-friendly.
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