Gay and Lesbian Singles Personals
Gay singles have seen a number of personals sites grow in prominence and popularity over the last few years. These sites have been created as diversely as the members that frequent them and various services have their own particular strong and weak points. Gay and lesbian singles can likely find a matchmaking community out there that hits just the right mix of features with the best-suited member base for them.
That level of customization can provide a better overall experience for gay daters and facilitate the matchmaking these sites are designed to encourage. Though mainstream dating sites often offer search abilities to find same sex matches, those sites that cater specifically to that market often attract a greater number of singles looking for same sex dating opportunities and more often understand gay and lesbian singles in a way that helps the site's overall use. These are the best of those sites, each with their own particular set of tools and abilities.
Gay and Lesbian Dating Services
 |
Gay.com – Gay.com has a variety of services, ranging from the latest news relevant to the gay community to personals available to premium members. One of the big benefits is the relative affordability of their annual plan, much less than comparable gay personals services. The rest of the personals side of the Gay website stacks up as you might expect, though being able to search for other gay singles currently online in order to direct them to the chat incorporated into Gay.com is a step beyond some other portals. On a recent visit, nearly 25,000 members were active at a given time, meaning that there is a good amount of activity taking place among the members of Gay.com. |
 |
Gay.Date.com – Date.com is a general personals portal that has served men and women of any sexuality for a number of years and gay.date.com was created as a way to keep that date.com name while still catering specifically to gay men and women looking to meet people in their area. Date.com has been around since 1997 and that experience has carried over to gay.date.com in the presentation of the service and the way searches can be done simply or in a complex way, depending on just the kind of detail you may be looking for in the matches generated. |
 |
GayCupid.com – Immediately upon entering GayCupid.com, a user is hit by the prominence of the world 'international' and that term is certainly reflected in the user base. Friendship, dating and long term relationships are possible throughout the world on GayCupid. New users can jump right into the photos members have posted to the GayCupid site with a special photos-only page and go from there. You are also given a tour through the offerings and can peruse testimonials collected by members of GayCupid.com that have seen success in their own love lives because of the service. |
 |
GayFriendFinder.com – Made specifically for male gay singles that are seeking serious relationships, GayFriendFinder.com has attempted to surround the dating aspect of the service with some community elements to make it more of an all-encompassing destination. A specially-designed online magazine and blog postings serve that purpose, as do portions of Gay FriendFinder dedicated to soliciting and displaying user-generated content such as photos. GayFriendFinder also makes use of its own chat client that supports webcam chat for those hoping to get an immediate visual connection with those in the gay personals they are searching. |
 |
GKiss.com – With daily gay news headlines and other extra services, Gkiss.com follows the trend in the gay personals community of providing more than just a dating outlet for its members. For a more interactive extra service, Gkiss also utilizes forums to allow for a freer flowing and community-wide discussion among the gay men that are attracted to Gkiss. Non-paying members have the ability to respond to emails sent by paying members, but cannot connect any members directly. A paid membership also opens up more expansive search options for those serious about meeting gay singles in their area. |
 |
LesbianPersonals.com – Though LesbianPersonals.com offers a full range of search capabilities, the lesbian dating website is clearly geared towards more casual encounters. Those encounters can range from phone conversations to group meetings, giving those with a passion for the erotic side a full spectrum of options to pursue. Over 3.7 million active members are claimed by the LesbianPersonals services, some of which have contributed to the special Nude Photos section of the service that provides just what it advertises to lure interested lesbian singles. Going hand in hand with such an offering is the emphasis on privacy and anonymity for members hoping to be discrete in their pursuits. |
 |
OutPersonals.com – OutPersonals.com has an extremely wide array of services that cater to the gay dating market and they go beyond a simple profile and search engine. OutPersonals includes a full online magazine with written features by members, tips, stories and other bits of information centralized on a portion of the web site to provide more depth in their offerings. Gay personals and lesbian dating are certainly the backbone of the service, but adding these extra touches creates a better sense of community that can sometimes be more conducive to attracting the right kind of gay singles. |
 |
PinkCupid.com – Perhaps the best way to get that first taste of what the PinkCupid.com member base is like is to utilize the photo gallery offered on the front page. The page provides head shots of a random assortment of lesbian singles, showing off what a diverse and attractive member base PinkCupid maintains. Members at the premium membership levels can contact as many women as they like and have the ability to create detail interest lists to attract the proper prospects. A full tour is available from the main page for those interested in learning more about the PinkCupid web site. |
Browse more: Adult Personals, Black Personals Dating, Christian Personals Sites, Matchmaking
Latest news, advice and info in the Dating Digest:
While these sites are those that cater best to gay singles, the great amount of members pulled into more general dating pools by sites like Match.com can sometimes result in matches for same sex daters that are similarly attracted to the website. Though these sites may offer the most targeted services and might surround their dating interface with more appropriate information for gay singles, mass market sites can also produce a match and those not happy with the sites provided might find some benefit by exploring the same sex dating options on those sites.
As a general rule (those some sites still do not offer the option), niche sites of all types offer options to search through their membership base in hopes of finding lesbian or gay personals within. Exploring the myriad of dating sites available can yield some interesting and unexpected results�just like dating in the real world.
Online Dating > Gay and Lesbian Personals
|
