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MySpace with taste.


At a certain age, does having a MySpace page become a little sad? For some sophisticated gays, the answer is yes, and they are graduating to TheWhole9.com, a hybrid of MySpace and Citysearch.com with fewer ads and no porn-industry friend requests. Creator Lisa Schultz describes it as "a creative online community--designed to connect people, let them showcase their work, network, date, and give them tools to create the perfect evening." Schultz says the site's users are about 30% LGBT, probably because TheWhole9 caters to creative folks like writers and musicians. Adding to the queer quotient is out actor Mark Espinoza--probably best known as Jesse Vasquez of Beverly Hills, 90210--who serves as the site's cuisine official, suggesting cool restaurants for users in hip cities. "I grew up in a tract home," says Espinoza. "A good breakfast then was a number 5 at Burger King."

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Author:Broverman, Neal
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Date:Dec 5, 2006
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