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Five great dating sites: if you're looking for a relationship or for a friend, these non-sexually explicit Web sites are a great place to start. (Love & Sex On The Internet).


Gaydatecam.com

If you prefer to see what someone looks like before you ask them out, this site is for you. Members can post up to six pictures of themselves with their profile (at least one is required) and can participate in streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater.  chats as well. Membership: $19.95 per month.

Gay11.com

This site's focus is on helping people find long-term relationships. Find potential mates by searching detailed profiles and contact your favorites by E-mail, real-time chat, or instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or . It's free to browse (1) To view the contents of a file or a group of files. Browser programs generally let you view data by scrolling through the documents or databases. In a database program, the browse mode often lets you edit the data. See Web browser.  the database or post a profile, but you must subscribe in order to be able to contact members. Membership: $28,50 per month.

Match.com

This service features a two-way matching system that finds all of the member profiles that match what you're looking for Looking for

In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with.
 and narrows that list to those members who are looking for people with a profile like yours. You can create a profile for free, but you must register to access the database and contact other members. Membership: $24.95 per month.

PlanetOut.com/Gay.com

For the most comprehensive same-sex dating options, it's hard to beat PlanetOut Personals. Members get access to a variety of message boards and one of the largest databases of gay, lesbian, and transgendered transgendered adjective Relating to a person who has undergone genital/sexual reassignment surgery Transgender health issues Hormonal therapy, cosmetic surgery, fertility options–eg, egg and sperm banking. See Sexual reassignment. Cf Transsexual.  singles on the Net. Basic membership is free; paid subscribers get personalized per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
 search options and the ability to save searches. Registration: $12.95 per month.

Spring Street Networks

If you've perused the personals sections of sites such as The Onion onion, plant of the family Liliaceae (lily family), of the same genus (Allium) as the chive (A. schoenoprasum), garlic (A. sativum), leek (A. porrum), and shallot (A. ascalonium). , Nerve.com, or Salon.com, then you've seen the work of Spring Street Networks, a custom dating ad company. The personals options allow you to get results from both sexes in your query, making it bisexual-friendly. Registration is free, but each site has a fee to respond to ads. The Spring Street Web site provides links to all the personals sections it operates.

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Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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Date:Feb 4, 2003
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