On our channels — Facebook, Instagram and X — we regularly post images. And we prefer them to be photos of real members, not anonymous pictures. That is why we are looking for members who would like to appear on our social cards.
What does it involve?
You send in a photo — a selfie or portrait is fine. It can appear on our social cards, banners and stories. You decide which photo yourself; we only use what you send in, and your name is never mentioned.
The rules

Completely voluntary — want to stop later? Then we simply will not use your photo for new posts anymore
Send a nice, normal photo — no nudity or explicit images
Nice if you are a GayTalk member and 18+ — not a hard requirement, but appreciated
Your photo is only used for promotion of and within GayTalk.net

Join in?
Send your photo via the contact form or via our Support Bot on Telegram, mentioning social face. Multiple photos are welcome too — the more choice, the better.
Curious where they will appear? Check our channels on the socials page.

A lot has been happening behind the scenes at GayTalk over the past few months. And honestly: quite a lot has changed! Time for an overview of everything that is new — and what you can do with it.
The forum is live
The biggest new feature is our own forum. Here you can join conversations about anything: coming-out stories, relationships, games, music or just a friendly chat in the GayCafé. Introduce yourself in the introduce yourself topic — that way other members get to know you right away — or start your own topic if there is something on your mind.
Sending private messages
Members can now send each other private messages, right here on the website. A bit like MSN back in the day:

Click the envelope icon on a profile or in the members list to start a conversation.
The message box sits at the bottom right — you can keep browsing the site while you chat.
Share photos and GIFs, and you will get an email if someone messages you while you are offline.
Rather not talk to someone? You can report conversations and block users.

Friends and interests
You can now add other members as friends and follow interests that suit you. Your profile shows your friends and interests, and pending requests show a counter in the menu so you do not miss anything.

You can also link your account to Telegram: that way your groups and profile are connected and the bot knows who you are.
Completing your profile
Profiles have been expanded quite a bit:

Your own photo album — per photo you choose who can see it: everyone, members only, or just friends.
An online status and a counter tracking who visits your profile.
A motto under your name and your socials neatly together.
A verified badge for members with a real profile.

Faster and safer
A lot has also improved where you cannot see it. The site loads much faster, there is extra protection against spam accounts, and logging in and registering happens on proper dedicated pages instead of the standard WordPress screen.
Join us?
Not a member yet? Register for free and create a profile. You will immediately see who is already a member and you can join the forum or one of the Telegram groups right away.

Have ideas or missing something? Let us know on the forum. We read along!

The GayTalk Discord has been active for a while and we are updating the games list again. Some boards will disappear and new ones will take their place. To see which games our users play, you can fill in below which games you play — we would love to take that along.

Keep in mind that Discord is meant for playing together, so please name multiplayer games rather than solo-play games. We are curious about your game list. Not a member of our Discord server yet? Feel free to ask for it here or via Telegram through our Support Bot.

This is an anonymous poll!

It is almost Easter a Christian holiday where (almost) all Dutch people have a free day!

Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. Most gay man aren’t really religious and going to church isn’t their thing either. Imagine being a twenty-one year old Christian raised gay man who lives at home.  To illustrate I am born in a family with two sisters and two brothers. No only am I the youngest but I am also the only open gay person in my family. I am born and raised in a religious family that isn’t a hardcore Christian family. But there are responsibilities to your faith (and parents). Underneath you’ll read my experience as a Christian gay with Easter.
What does this mean for a Christian raised man being gay?
My family goes regularly to church and the holidays are about religion. Where do I draw a line with certain religious activities? This can me a hard choice. For me personally Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. A few years back I would have gone to the church even for maundy Thursday (the day before good Friday) to remember the last supper of Jesus.  I would lent before Easter as well.

I am openly gay now and don’t really keep to my religion. Naturally I hold on to the norms and values in which I was raised. However I don’t think It is the right thing to do activities you don’t want to do. I certainly don’t go to church every week and if it is possible I won’t go on holidays either. My family wants to keep their norms and values. For me this holiday is like any other non-religious holiday. Admittedly I do celebrate with my parents but I leave the religion behind for my own sake. I won’t celebrate in the name of religion but I will celebrate in the name of family!
What is Easter for me as an openly gay person?
For my family it is normal to spend Easter with direct family and do certain prayers and rituals. In the first year after I came out to my family i had to tell my parents I didn’t want to do any religious things anymore.  Because of this life long traditions came to expire. Someone had to take my part in certain rituals. Something like that is very hard in the beginning but when years past by it became easier. You have to adjust to your own expectations and those who surround you and the other way around.

I had a very good talk with my parents about what I would want to do and what I certainly didn’t want to do. That created a realistic view of our wishes from one-another. My family usually goes to church on Easter. During the time they go to church I prepare an Easter brunch in which we celebrate living and life. We show it of by using bright colors and in using colored Plates and decorations. We pray before the Easter brunch. I join with my family out of respect for my parents and their religious beliefs.  This isn’t a thing I have to do or my parents forced me to. I want to do it because I value being together.
Taking family into account isn’t hard!
The period between Carnival and Easter is usually a period where Christians Lent.  During this period I take my family into account. I eat the same as my family and lent with them is this way. In this way I want to keep the family tradition around Easter. On Easter I won’t work and I won’t go drinking with friends. Because I know it will be Jolly fun at home. The drinks on a terrace can wait another week.

My family’s Easter tradition changed in the past few years. Coming from a day where we as a family only spend time with religion. Now it is just religion in the morning the afternoons we do family activities. Something with sporting and games just to have fun.  Furthermore Easter has a relaxed atmosphere in which I don’t have to do anything but my family gets to keep their traditions.

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Since December 2019 we are creating the website GayTalk. We are looking for motivated youngsters (between an age of 16 and 30 years old). The most important thing is that you want to help to make GayTalk to a sociable and safe place where you can share your stories, blogs, advice and experiences with each other.

Apart from the website we have a webchat where you can get in contact with youngsters of 30 years or younger. Our goal is to create a growing group of people who like to have fun with each other.

We would like it when you want to help us with GayTalk! If so, contact us by mail or join our administrator group at Kik.

Currently we are looking for people to help us with the following functions:

To spread and renew GayTalk we are looking for creative people to help us. Are you creative? Share your ideas with GayTalk!

For the GayTalk blogpage we are looking for people who like to write articles. Do you like to write articles? Become on of the GayTalk bloggers!

For the GayTalk Youtubechannel we are looking for enthusiastic vloggers. Are you creative, enthusiast and do you like to vlog? Become on of our GayTalk vloggers!

For the GayTalk forum we are looking for forumadmins. Are you active and sociable? Become on of the GayTalk forumadmins!

With a grewing amount of already over 25 GayTalk groups on Kik and Telegram we are looking for groupadmins. Are you active, motivated but above all sociable? Become on of the GayTalk groupadmins!

To make GayTalk a place for everyone we would like to translate our website to various languages. Are you good in translating? Help us with translating our website!

To make our website better searchable we are looking for SEO writers. Are you familiar with SEO writing? Help GayTalk with becoming better searchable!

For our social media pages we are looking for people who would like to post messages here. Are you creative and active? Become on of out GayTalk socialmedia maintainers.