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It was proposed in <a href="/wiki/ICANN" title="ICANN">ICANN</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain#New_top-level_domains" title="Generic top-level domain">New generic top-level domain (gTLD) Program</a>, and became available to the general public in September 2020. <a href="/wiki/Top_Level_Design" title="Top Level Design">Top Level Design</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Domain_name_registry" title="Domain name registry">domain name registry</a> for the string. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=.gay&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Creation_and_contention">Creation and contention</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=.gay&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Creation and contention"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 2011, the groups Dot Gay Alliance and dotgay LLC had expressed interest in operating the <a href="/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain" title="Generic top-level domain">generic top-level domain</a> (gTLD),<sup id="cite_ref-Brito_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brito-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which became one of approximately 2,000 <a href="/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain#New_top-level_domains" title="Generic top-level domain">new gTLDs</a> formally requested in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Osborne_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Osborne-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The .gay gTLD was one of 84 that received applications in the "community-based category".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some officials of conservative Arab nations opposed creation of the gTLD.<sup id="cite_ref-Brito_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brito-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, the Saudi Arabian government objected to use of .gay domains, alongside the .baby, .bar, .casino, .islam, .sex., and .wine gTLDs and others.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Saudi communications authority known as the <a href="/wiki/Communications_and_Information_Technology_Commission_(Saudi_Arabia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communications and Information Technology Commission (Saudi Arabia)">Communications and Information Technology Commission</a> said .gay domains "would promote homosexuality and would be offensive to 'many societies and cultures<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>".<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Verge" title="The Verge">The Verge</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> Kimber Streams said "several organized campaigns and petitions were filed against .sex and .gay domains in attempt to communicate large numbers of opposition."<sup id="cite_ref-Streams_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Streams-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2012, <a href="/wiki/Top_Level_Design" title="Top Level Design">Top Level Design</a> and three other applicants including dotgay LLC had applied to operate the gTLD.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a guest column published by the <a href="/wiki/LGBTQ" title="LGBTQ">LGBTQ</a> publication <i><a href="/wiki/PQ_Monthly" title="PQ Monthly">PQ Monthly</a></i> in October 2013, Top Level Design's CEO <a href="/wiki/Ray_King_(entrepreneur)" title="Ray King (entrepreneur)">Ray King</a> said he was inspired to apply for .gay by his late <a href="/wiki/Gay" title="Gay">gay</a> brother-in-law Clyde and other family members. King outlined why he wanted the gTLD to remain open in order to benefit the global <a href="/wiki/LGBT_community" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT community">LGBT community</a>, using three main concepts: "Freedom of Choice", meaning the purpose of gTLDs like .gay and .lgbt should not be defined by gatekeepers; "Freedom of Speech", or not allowing censorship of content appearing on .gay domains; and the "Freedom to Register", suggesting there should not be a barrier to authenticate oneself as LGBTQ to register a .gay domain. In the latter concept, King argued against the need for domain purchasers to become a member of an "Authentication Partner" (LGBT organizations such as the <a href="/wiki/International_Lesbian,_Gay,_Bisexual,_Trans_and_Intersex_Association" title="International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association">International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association</a> or <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Campaign" title="Human Rights Campaign">Human Rights Campaign</a>), who would be required to create usernames and passwords for all of their members. According to King, "This means higher costs, disenfranchising many potential registrants such as youth and people in developing countries and also, forced identification, which to some may be anywhere from distasteful to outright dangerous. Further, there are many LGBTQ folks who simply do not wish to participate in formal organizations."<sup id="cite_ref-PQ_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PQ-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The column concluded by asking community members to express their support or opposition of an open .gay gTLD.<sup id="cite_ref-PQ_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PQ-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2013, <a href="/wiki/Q_Center" title="Q Center">Q Center</a>, an <a href="/wiki/LGBT_community_centre" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT community centre">LGBT community center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>, published arguments by King on behalf of Top Level Design and Jamie Baxter on behalf of dotgay LLC; both groups expressed why they should be the registry for .gay, and were seeking community support.<sup id="cite_ref-QCenter1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QCenter1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-QCenter2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QCenter2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Slate_(magazine)" title="Slate (magazine)">Slate</a></i> magazine also covered the .gay contention.<sup id="cite_ref-Naimark_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naimark-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> dotgay LLC's community application was denied by ICANN's Community Priority Evaluation committee in October 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision was appealed and denied multiple times. The main reason for the denial was that the TLD ".gay" did not match defined dotgay LLC's stated community of LGBTQIA, and that the organizations in support were not necessarily representative of the global population; "There is no single such organization recognized by the defined community as representative of the community".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, in an opinion piece published by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/L._Gordon_Crovitz" title="L. Gordon Crovitz">L. Gordon Crovitz</a> wrote: "[ICANN] also refuses to award the .gay domain to community groups representing gay people around the world. [ICANN's] ombudsman recently urged his group to 'put an end to this long and difficult issue' by granting the domain. [ICANN] prefers to earn larger fees by putting the .gay domain up for auction among for-profit domain companies."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Launch">Launch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=.gay&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Launch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Logan_Lynn_performing_at_Beatbox_in_San_Francisco,_July_19th_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Logan_Lynn_performing_at_Beatbox_in_San_Francisco%2C_July_19th_2013.jpg/220px-Logan_Lynn_performing_at_Beatbox_in_San_Francisco%2C_July_19th_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Logan_Lynn_performing_at_Beatbox_in_San_Francisco%2C_July_19th_2013.jpg/330px-Logan_Lynn_performing_at_Beatbox_in_San_Francisco%2C_July_19th_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Logan_Lynn_performing_at_Beatbox_in_San_Francisco%2C_July_19th_2013.jpg/440px-Logan_Lynn_performing_at_Beatbox_in_San_Francisco%2C_July_19th_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="618" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Logan_Lynn" title="Logan Lynn">Logan Lynn</a> (pictured performing in 2013) helped launch the gTLD .gay</figcaption></figure> <p>Top Level Design was recognized by ICANN as the .gay registry on May 23, 2019, after competing applicants dropped their bids.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "Sunrise II" phase for registration began on April 6, 2020. Following a delay because of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, during which Top Level Design offered to provide a limited number of domains to groups "working to foster digital <a href="/wiki/Gay_pride" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay pride">Pride</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> domains became available to the general public on September 16, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twenty percent of registration revenue will benefit <a href="/wiki/CenterLink" title="CenterLink">CenterLink</a> and <a href="/wiki/GLAAD" title="GLAAD">GLAAD</a>; approximately $75,000 was raised, as of late September 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-Out_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Out-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WW_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The web series <i>The Library</i>, which explores <a href="/wiki/LGBT_slang" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT slang">LGBT slang</a> and other concepts, debuted alongside the gTLD's launch. <a href="/wiki/Logan_Lynn" title="Logan Lynn">Logan Lynn</a>, who helped with the launch,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> said the 2020 release commemorated 50 years since the first <a href="/wiki/Pride_parade" title="Pride parade">pride parade</a>. Domains have been registered by <a href="/wiki/Roxane_Gay" title="Roxane Gay">Roxane Gay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grindr" title="Grindr">Grindr</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Instinct_(magazine)" title="Instinct (magazine)">Instinct</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Billie_Jean_King" title="Billie Jean King">Billie Jean King</a>, <a href="/wiki/PFLAG" title="PFLAG">PFLAG</a>, and <a href="/wiki/George_Takei" title="George Takei">George Takei</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Out_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Out-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Instinct_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Instinct-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Social_media_campaigns">Social media campaigns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=.gay&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Social media campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since its creation, .gay has launched a number of pro-<a href="/wiki/LGBTQ" title="LGBTQ">LGBTQ</a> social media and web campaigns. During the <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%932023_mpox_outbreak" title="2022–2023 mpox outbreak">monkeypox outbreak</a> in summer 2022, the site highlighted resources available to members of the LGBT community.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, .gay has also launched celebrations for <a href="/wiki/International_Transgender_Day_of_Visibility" title="International Transgender Day of Visibility">International Transgender Day of Visibility</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pride_Month" title="Pride Month">Pride Month</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/National_Coming_Out_Day" title="National Coming Out Day">National Coming Out Day</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and more. Notable people who .gay has profiled since its creation include <a href="/wiki/Chris_Mosier" title="Chris Mosier">Chris Mosier</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Angelica_Ross" title="Angelica Ross">Angelica Ross</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Sophie_(musician)" title="Sophie (musician)">Sophie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Harassment_protections">Harassment protections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=.gay&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Harassment protections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The gTLD offers harassment protections. According to <i><a href="/wiki/Willamette_Week" title="Willamette Week">Willamette Week</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> Andrew Jankowski, "The .gay rights protections policy gives users a clear guide on making sites <a href="/wiki/Queer" title="Queer">queer</a>-friendly, while outlining behavior that gets would-be <a href="/wiki/Internet_troll" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet troll">trolls</a> banned from misusing the extension."<sup id="cite_ref-WW_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=.gay&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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