Gayromeo
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Social networking and dating website for gay and bisexual men as well as transgender. |
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| Available in | Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese |
| Owner | PlanetRomeo B.V. |
| Created by | Jens Schmidt and Manuel Abraham |
| Revenue | Membership fee for PLUS accounts in certain countries; advertising. |
| Website | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Yes |
| Users |
 2.6 million (as of June 2014) |
| Launched | October 2002 |
| Current status | Active |
PlanetRomeo, started as Men4rent and then previously named as GayRomeo, is a social network for gay, bisexual and transgender. The site was established in October 2002 by PlanetRomeo GmbH in Berlin, Germany. It was initially aimed for the German-speaking community but has evolved into an international sphere. The site is commonly used by the male gay community to seek friendship, dating, clubs and other related LGBT themes.
Initially the site was available in German and hence it used to have a majority of users being from Germanic countries; such as Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The site has gradually become available in a total of 20 languages. The German-speaking community remains the largest community but not the majoritarian.
In order to expand the international services of PlanetRomeo and in order to avoid possible legal problems with the comparatively strict German laws for the protection of children and young people, PlanetRomeo has been operated by PlanetRomeo B.V. located in Amsterdam, Netherlands since September 2006.
In March 2009 the online community Guys4Men.com joined that of PlanetRomeo.
In Germany, due to its high number of registered users, PlanetRomeo is often called the "Gay Registry Office" (schwules Einwohnermeldeamt) or "The Blue pages" (Die blauen Seiten), referring to the well known telephone directories the yellow pages and the white pages. In a satirical reference to the Nazis' compilation of lists of homosexual men in the 1930s, the German newspaper "Taz" announced: "The pink lists are back".
Continent- or region-wise distribution of PlanetRomeo users, as of 27th September 2013.
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