Founder of Blued had been officer by time and activist that is online evening
HONG KONG — Growing up homosexual in a tiny town in southern Asia, „J.L.” used to feel alone on the planet. There have been no homosexual pubs in the hometown, Sanming, in a mountainous area in Fujian Province. Nor would anybody in their social group discuss such a topic. Only in 2012, whenever J.L. found a smartphone application called Blued, did he recognize that there have been other people — millions — like him.
Then a center schooler, he was browsing online whenever their attention caught an app offering gay relationship. „I became therefore amazed,” J.L. recalled of their encounter that is first with. He downloaded it and straightaway found another individual 100 meters away.
„All of a rapid, we recognized that I became not by yourself,” J.L. stated. „which was a marvelous feeling.”
J.L., now 22, nevertheless logs onto Blued once per week. In which he is regarded as numerous doing this. (więcej…)
