Gaysir
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Type of site
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website |
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| Available in | Norwegian |
| Owner | Gaysir AS |
| Website | http://www.gaysir.no |
| Launched | September 22, 2000 |
Gaysir is a Norwegian website, aimed mainly at gay and bisexual men and women. Gaysir was one of Norway's first web communities, and has approximately 50 000 unique visitors per week.
The website is owned and run by the private aksjeselskap Gaysir AS. Among the board of directors are the Oslo-politician Håkon Haugli (Oslo bystyre), who is the leader of the Norwegian Gay and Lesbian Social Democrats (GALSD) in Arbeiderpartiet.
Gaysir was given the Æresprisen (en. Award of Honor) from Oslo LLH during the annual event Skeive dager in central Oslo in 2006. The reason given was that the website had made a safe and inclusive network for gays and lesbians, and contributed to gay identity building.
The website is highly moderated, strict rules on what kind of pictures are allowed as profile pictures and gallery pictures are enforced by constantly monitoring the uploaded pictures. Although the definition of allowed pictures is often vague and subject to personal opinion of the moderator. The website also deletes the accounts of the users who make agreements for paid sex when reported without warning. The website also has been the subject of several controversies.
The first version of Gaysir was launched on September 22, 2000. Version nine was launched in late winter 2007. Gaysir became Norway's dominating website for gays after the web community Radiator, run by Helseutvalget for homofile, was shut down in 2002. While Radiator's active users were mainly women, the main group of Gaysir's active users were men.
In November 2007, Gaysir AS had six full-time employees.
On January 12 and 13, 2006 the Gaysir the redaction in Gaysir selected the power elite among openly gays and lesbians in Norway. The winner was the chairman of the city council of Oslo, Erling Lae and the handball player Gro Hammerseng.
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