New Gay Online Community Offers New Space for Sharing
04.21.06

(New York, NY) - A new site on the World Wide Web enables the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - and even gay curious - to gather online for the purposes of meeting new people, sharing stories, and organizing events, among other activities. MyRainbowSpace, found at www.myrainbowspace.com, continues in the tradition of the more established online communities, like Friendster, MySpace, and Xanga, while remaining true to the needs of their target audience.

The site not only provides many of the features that users have come to expect from online communities, including the ability to design customizable profiles, write blogs, send instant messages, and post bulletins, but also gives its members the ability to share their "coming out" stories and learn about gay and lesbian activism events across the globe. "MyRainbowSpace offers us the opportunity to share our life stories with each other, make new friends, engage in activism, and still have tons of fun," said the site's co-creator, Bonnie Koellhoffer, a part time student and New Jersey resident.

Koellhoffer said the idea for the site came from her own frustration with existing social networking sites. "As a lesbian woman, I found it difficult to navigate through the existing sites to find people with similar interests," ...Read the entire article here VIA Gaywired!