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Mission Statement
(approved October 16, 2010)
The purpose of the Gay Archipelago is to provide a wide region managed by its Estate owners where like minded individuals can live in harmony and community and where they can shop and find services, parties and destinations geared to their lifestyle. It helps owners and residents of Sims to promote their businesses and events. It coordinates region-wide activities and events, promoting them to all of SL. It works to provide an orderly expansion of the region. It acts as one of the spokespersons for all LGBT residents in Second Life. It provides a center for information not only for the Gay Archipelago itself but for all LGBT residents of SL. Through the Gay Archipelago LGBT Pride Sim, it aspires to be the first stop for LGBT people entering Second Life - a place of welcome, orientation, community and help.
Introduction
The Gay Archipelago is an international region of Second Life consisting of 148 sims today which share traffic, conduct archipelago-wide events, and welcome LGBT newcomers to Second Life. The Gay Archipelago (GA) includes a variety of content, including business, shopping, entertainment, role playing, and services for the gay Second Life community. Linden Labs recently gave the Gay Archipelago its own region allowing it to expand and remain focused on and for the LGBT community.
The Gay Archipelago was founded by Fabrice Snook as a place to meet, welcome and help LGBT people as well as to support the talents of its owners, residents and merchants. Currently there are 46 Estate Owners in the Gay Archipelago.
History
Fabrice Snook launched Pandore, the first sim in the Gay Archipelago, in May, 2007, as a friendly gay village (today it is a shopping sim). Fabrice then opened Gay France, in July 2007, then Oboulaba, a babylonian themed sim. Oboulaba is now called Chilipepper with shopping, residences and clubs.
In 2008, Sasha Laval, owner of Gay Zone Estate, and Fabrice decided to connect their 7 sims in a new area on the SL grid. Later that year, Badpuppy and Citegay, two sims linked to well-known gay Internet portals in USA and France, joined them.
The continent continued to grow with Gay Europe, Gay Japan, Toozepolis and other new sims. Sascha Laval launched Gay Zone Atlantis, Gay Zone Neptunia, DJ World and Aqua Lounge.
As the Archipelago grew, the emphasis was on cooperation, coordination and unity beginning with Gay France and later with Gay Europe. The group "SL Gay Cooperation" has been launched at this time.
Also in 2008, IGBC Gay Rehoboth, Jameson Architects, Ferik Island, and Flag Factory opened in the Archipelago. That year, the Gay Archipelago was not more only focused on european range, and GA has choosen to be the first sponsor of the Second Pride Festival in June.
At the beginning of 2009 and after the Lindens’ decision to increase the fees by 66%, many homesteads were closed. At this time, the virtual worlds did not appear so attractive to many professionals and CiteGAY closed its sim as well. Fabrice left SL for several months because of Real Life (RL) commitments. Upon his return, he found that the cluster had decreased to just 8 sims. But with the continued effort of Fabrice and others, Gay Europe was revived and IGBC extended its domain with new sims connected to Pandore. Oiswiss Decuir, owner of Gay Fun World, joined what was now called the Gay Archipelago. Arnel Choche’s Crazy Garden was opened. Later in 2009, Dom Bamatter, owner of Pure Indulgence Estate, joined the group - today Dom Bamatter is the largest land owner in GA with 38 sims.
In autumn of 2009, discussions began with the new Board of Second Pride to define common goals.
By the end of 2009, the Gay Archipelago had 38 sims. Its first winter Festival, The Gay Archipelago Days, was held from December 12th thru 19th with many events and attractions on each sim. The festival ended with a contest for the first Mister Gay 2010. Ardaric Larsson was the winner and all celebrated with a grand party.
In January of 2010, Linden Lab offered to move all sims in the Gay Archipelago to a new, empty area of the grid, favorable for expansion and unencumbered by neighboring sims with no connection to the GA. Linden Lab also facilitated the moving of sims to join Gay Archipelago: Pillars of Hercules, Vulcania, Lothlorian, Gay Italy Friends and Romanum. The move took place on January 12, 2010. The GA had 68 sims at this time.
Shortly thereafter, Marcus Steeplechase and Philip Eubanks, owners of Warehouse Plaza and a group of 5 sims, joined the Gay Archipelago. They dedicated one of their sims, Pride, for the site of the then proposed Gateway and Welcome Center for LGBT people entering Second Life. The sim is located in the heart of the Archipelago.
The LGBT Gateway was approved by the Lindens and launched on April 6, 2010. This beautiful building was constructed by Van Auster and provides a beautiful setting for an excellent service. Shortly after, the showcase Community Center was completed by Oxphalaver Moose. This unique design houses the GA Council Chamber, the Womyn's Center, an annex for the Second Pride organization, the Transgender Hub, and public meeting rooms.
In the next months, the Gay Archipelago expanded to 130 LGBT sims. But even as this growth continues, The Gay Archipelago encourages diversity of location of gay sims throughout SL and has never desired to be the only location for LGBT sims. It exists only to enhance the Gay Archipelago Way of Life: opportunities to meet, to share, to learn, to support talent, to have fun, relax, and build a great continent with many links to all of SL and to Real Life as well.
In May of 2010 the 13 sims of the United Continent of Gor moved to the GA. Not only is this the largest cluster of gay Gorean sims, it is the largest cluster of all Gorean sims in Second Life. From a single sim, Tabor has expanded to now include 14 Gorean sims. This move marks the GA as a major center for role play in Second Life and enhances the diversity of lifestyles within the GA itself.
In the January quarter of 2010, the Gay Archipelago launched its first Council organization. This first Council was chaired by Fabrice Snook. The immediate tasks of the Council were to provide liaison between Linden Labs and the Gay Archipelago, to help and support the Second Pride Committee, and to be useful and efficient for the owners, residents, merchants and visitors to the Gay Archipelago.
The Second Pride Festival 2010 was held in the Gay Archipelago and began on May 29, 2010. A water parade beginning at the Pride sim commenced the festivities. The theme was Venice and the festival stretched across six sims. In addition to the parade, the festival included concerts and dances.
After founding the GA and guiding it to its current level of success, Fabrice Snook handed the reins to a new Chairman, Wendell Thor, on June 26th, 2010. Wendell manages the 38 sims of B&V Enterprises (Dom Bamatter).
The Travel & Tourism Agency had its grand opening on July 10, 2010. The T&T promotes the services and businesses of the GA by providing, in a pleasant and interactive environment, exposure of and links to those services and businesses in a non-profit and non-partial manner.
The history of the GA is vibrant with growth and promise. It speaks to the LGBT peoples' desire for and appreciation of community. Megotta Zula, a former Chairman for Public Relations & Marketing, says, "The purpose of the Gay Archipelago is to create a community of like-minded individuals and connect them for the pleasure of both our community and SL at large."
Council of the Gay Archipelago
Triumvirate
GA Estates owner rep - Liaison for Linden Labs : Dom Bamatter
Pride Gateway caretaker : Marcus Steeplechase
Executive chair : Fabrice Snook
GA Team
General Secretary...................Thom Nexen
GA grid map...................Omatthias Vidor
Business manager..............Hubs Howlett
Clubs owners representative...InsYx Piranha
New roles with concrete missions to be announced
Former chairmen
Fabrice Snook (founder), Wendell Thor, Myles Capalini
The GA Council is here to :
- Assist and support Estate owners, as requested
- Promote the Gay Archipelago
- Manage the grid
- Manage and promote GA-wide events
- Establish and maintain communication protocols
- Co-manage the LGBT Gateway (Welcoming & Orientation) with the LGBT organizations
- Represent the Gay Archipelago to Linden Labs on GA-wide issues
- Help and support the Second Pride Committee
What the Gay Archipelago is not
The Gay Archipelago
• is not intended to be the exclusive place for gay-oriented sims and activities.
• recognizes the advantage of, indeed the necessity for gay people to live in and move through all of Second Life.
• does not hold itself to be the exclusive representative of LGBT people in SL.
• is not profit driven. The Gay Archipelago committee is voluntary and there
are no fees required from anyone living and working within the GA.
GA Estates Owners
(FP) Full Prim (HS) Homestead (OS) Openspace
Check the updated list of sims here and owners here
Thorn Andel
Sky Beach (FP)
Keokipele Ansar
Kanaloa Marketplace (FP) Vulcania Fine Art (HS)
Alan Bolero
Thira (FP)
Dom Bamatter with Wendell Thor as CEO & Manager
Alcatraz (FP) Bay 1 (HS) Bay 2 (HS) Bay Isles (OS) Belvedere (FP) Berkeley Island (FP) Castro (FP) Domination (HS) Domination Isle (HS) Faulkenau Bay (OS) Fisherman's Wharf (FP) Folsom (FP) Folsom East (FP) Golden Gate (FP) Golden Gate 2 (OS) Golden State Park (FP) Halfmoon Bay (FP) Magic Folsom (HS) Pacifica Island (FP) Pure Domination (FP) Pure Heaven (HS) Pure Indulgence Estates (FP) Pure Isle (FP) Pure Luxury (FP) Pure Sin (FP) Pure Temptation (FP) Rendezvous (FP) San Francisco Bay (OS) San Francisco Island (FP) San Francisco Marina (FP) San Francisco Zoo (FP) Sausalito (FP) Straight of Falkenau (OS) Tiburon (FP) Wayfarer Bay (HS) Wayfarer Island (FP) White Water (FP) White Water Delta (FP)
Marge Beaumont
Tiffanyluv (Sidhe) (FP)
Tiberius Brouwer
Isle of Tabor (FP) Northern Tabor (HS) Silver Tree of Tabor (HS)
Myles Capalini
Cabria Bay (HS) Chilipepper (FP)
Tom06 Castro
TBONE Island (FP)
Baz Ceawlin
Gay Riviera (FP) Bahia Beach (HS)
Rockridge Constantine
Saint Niguel Isle (FP)
Maxel Cortes
Gay France (FP) Gay Friendly (FP)
Callinet Dagostino
Rainbow Isle (FP)
Oiswiss Decuir
Gay Fun Beach (HS) Gay Fun World (FP)
Mandy Dorfler
Sheherazade Islandab TresQueens (FP)
Philip Eubanks
Orpheum (FP)
Emperor Galtier
Romanum (FP) Romanum II (FP)
Ellyse Glas
Araluv (FP)
JeanLuc Guyot
IGBC Heliopolis (HS) - managed by Liamone Troglodite IGBC Gay Rehoboth (FP)
Jimmie Hammill
Hulneth Bay (HS) Isle of Scimitar (FP) Scimitar Plains (HS)
Huntington Harbour
Huntington Harbour (FP)
Hubs Howlett
Hubs Development (HS)
Jaij Jameson
IGBC Rehoboth Bay (HS) IGBC Rehoboth Landing (HS) IGBC Rehoboth Reef (HS) IGBC Rehoboth Seal (OS) IGBC Rehoboth Shores (HS) Jameson Architects (FP)
Telur Lane/Minoa Palen
Gay Tropicana (FP)
Sascha Laval
Crazy Garden (HS) - managed by Arnel Choche Berlin Dance Arena (FP) - managed by Eniaga Moreaux Flag Factory (HS) - managed by Frenchy Kazan Gay Germany (HS) Gallywood (FP) Gay Zone Beach (FP) Gay Zone Germany (FP) Le Dome (HS) Miscellanious (HS) - managed by AresDE Streeter Nyundo (HS)
Selket Laville
Navan (HS)
Kael Martinek
Sons of Sunrise (FP) Dos Toros (HS)
Rik Masala
Ferik Island (HS)
Thormec Micheline
White Water Canyon (FP)
Bearded Munro
Hillcrest of Tabor (FS)
Levy Munro
Three Winds North (HS) Three Winds South (HS) White Water Falls (FP) White Water Highlands (HS) White Water Peaks (HS)
Dakota Rosca
Pilgrim Bay
Chance Rasmusen
Selene (FP)
Evan Rutledge
Pallas (HS) Spice Islands (FP)
Fabrice Snook
Gay Archipelago (OS) Pandore (FP) Sandbox Archipelago (HS)
Dragonlord Sparta
Tabor Tropics (FP)
Marcus Steeplechase
Caerus (FP) Eloi (HS) Pride (FP)
Toothfairy Tizzy
Fairyland (HS) TT Designs (FP)
Marin Urdaneta
Tabor East(FS) Tabor Bay (OS)
Jimmy Warbaum
Tromsoe (FP)
Sterling Whitcroft
Alex Ander (OS) Andros (FP) Marathon (HS) Rodos (HS) Sparta (FP) Thrace (HS) Troy (FP)
Fourleafclover Woodget
Highlands of Tabor (FP)
Claude Zepp
Gay Island Beach (HS) Gay Island Lagoon (HS) Gay Island Resort (FP) Gay Island Sunbay (HS) Gay Island Tropic (HS)
Sims Alphabetically
*Abderos (HS) - Ion Michalski Age of Iron -(FP) - Marcus Steeplechase Alcatraz (FP) - Dom Bamatter Alex Ander (OS) - Sterling Whitcroft Andros (FP) - Sterling Whitcroft Araluv - (FP) - Ellyse Glas Bay 1 (HS) - Dom Bamatter Bay 2 (HS) - Dom Bamatter Bay Isles (OS) - Dom Bamatter Belvedere (FP) Dom Bamatter Berkeley Island (FP) - Dom Bamatter Berlin Dance Arena (FP) - Sascha Laval Cabria Bay - (HS) - Myles Capalini - managed by Bee Glasswing Caerus (FP) - Marcus Steeplechase Castro (FP)- Dom Bamatter Ceasaria (FP) - Natiala Seiling Chilipepper (FP) - Myles Capalini - managed by Philippe Ocello Crazy Garden (HS) - Sascha Laval - managed by Arnel Choche Domination (HS) - Dom Bamatter Domination Isle - (HS) - Dom Bamatter Eloi (HS) - Marcus Steeplechase Fairyland (HS) - Toothfairy Tizzy Falkenau Bay (OS) - Dom Bamatter Ferik Island (HS) - Rik Masala Fisherman's Wharf (FP) - Dom Bamatter Flag Factory (HS) - Sascha Laval - managed by Frenchy Kazan Folsom (FP) - Dom Bamatter Folsom East (FP) - Dom Bamatter Gallywood (FP) - Sascha Laval - managed by InsyX Piranha Gay Archipelago (OS) - Fabrice Snook Gay France (FP) - Benoit Lednev Gay Friendly - (FP) - Didier Spitteler Gay Fun Beach (HS) - Oiswiss Decuir Gay Fun World (FP) - Oiswiss Decuir Gay Germany (HS) - Sascha Laval Gay Island Beach - (HS) - Claude Zepp Gay Island Lagoon - (HS) - Claude Zepp Gay Island Resort - (FP) - Claude Zepp Gay Island Sunbay - (HS) - Claude Zepp Gay Island Tropic - (HS) - Claude Zepp Gay Tropicana - (FP) - Telur Lane - Minoa Palen Gay Zone Beach (FP) - Sascha Laval Gay Zone Germany (FP) - Sascha Laval Golden Gate (FP) - Dom Bamatter Golden Gate 2 (OS) - Dom Bamatter Golden Gate Park - (FP) - Dom Bamatter Halfmoon Bay (FP) - Dom Bamatter Haven - (FP) - Walentine Gazov Highlands of Tabor - (FP) - Fourleafclover Woodget Hillcrest of Tabor - (FP) - Bearded Munro Hubs Development (HS) - Hubs Howlett Hulneth Bay - (HS) - Jimmie Hammill Huntington Harbour - (FP) - Huntington Harbour IGBC Gay Rehoboth (FP) - JeanLuc Guyot IGBC Heliopolis (HS) - JeanLuc Guyot - managed by Liamone Troglodite IGBC Rehoboth Bay (HS) - Jaij Jameson IGBC Rehoboth Landing - (HS) - Jaij Jameson IGBC Rehoboth Reef - (HS) - Jaij Jameson IGBC Rehoboth Seal - (OS) - Jaij Jameson IGBC Rehoboth Shores (HS) - Jaij Jameson Isle of Scimitar - (FP) - Jimmie Hammill Isle of Tabor - (FP) - Tiberius Brouwer Jameson Architects (FP) - Jaij Jameson Kanaloa Marketplace (FP) - Keokipele Ansar Magic Folsom (HS) - Dom Bamatter Marathon (HS) - Sterling Whitcroft Miscellanious (HS) - Sascha Laval - managed by AresDE Streeter Navan (HS) - Selket Laville Northern Tabor - (HS) - Tiberius Brouwer Nyundo - (HS) - Sascha Laval Orpheum (FP) - Philip Eubanks Pacifica Island (FP) - Dom Bamatter Pallas (HS) - Even Rutledge - rented by Alan Bolero and Othon Weiland Pandore - (FP) - Fabrice Snook Pilgrims's Bay ( ) - Dakota Rosca Pride (FP) - Marcus Steeplechase Pure Domination (FP) - Dom Bamatter Pure Heaven (HS) - Dom Bamatter Pure Indulgence Estate (FP) - Dom Bamatter Pure Isle (FP) - Dom Bamatter Pure Luxury (FP) - Dom Bamatter Pure Sin (FP) - Dom Bamatter Pure Temptation (FP) - Dom Bamatter Rainbow Isle (FP) - Adare Breil Rendezvous (FP) - Dom Bamatter Rodos (HS) - Sterling Whitcroft Romanum (FP) - Emperor Galtier Romanum II (FP) - Emperor Galtier Saint Niguel Isle (FP) - Rockridge Constantine San Francisco Bay (OS) - Dom Bamatter San Francisco Island - (FP) - Dom Bamatter San Francisco Marina - (FP) - Dom Bamatter San Francisco Zoo - (FP) - Dom Bamatter Sandbox Archipelago (HS) - Fabrice Snook Sausalito (FP) - Dom Bamatter Scimitar Plains - (HS) - Jimmie Hammill Selene (FP) - Chance Rasmusen Sheherazade Island ( ) - Mindy Dorfler Silver Tree of Tabor - () - Tiberius Brouwer Sky Beach (FP) - Thom Andel Sons of Sunrise - (FS) - Kael Martinek Sparta (FP) - Sterling Whitcroft Spice Islands (FP) - Evan Rutledge Straight of Falkenau (OS) - Dom Bamatter Tabor Bay - (OS) - Marin Urdanetta Tabor East - (FP) - Marin Urdanetta Tabor Tropics - (FP) - Dragonlord Sparta TBONE Island (FP) - Tom06 Castro Thira - (FP) - Alan Bolero & Othon Weiland Thrace (HS) - Sterling Whitcroft Three Winds North - (HS) - Levy Munro Three Winds South - (HS) - Levy Munro Tiburon (FP) - Dom Bamatter Tiffanyluv (Sidhe) - (FP) - Marge Beaumont Tres Queens (FP) - Mindy Dorfler Troy (FP) - Sterling Whitcroft TT Designs (FP) - Toothfairy Tizzy Vulcania Fine Art - (HS) - Keokipele Ansar Wayfarer Bay (HS) - Dom Bamatter Wayfarer Island -(FP) - Dom Bamatter White Water (FP) - Dom Bamatter - managed by Wendell Thor White Water Canyon (FP) - Thormec Micheline White Water Delta (FP) - Dom Bamatter - managed by Wendell Thor White Water Falls (FP) - Levy Munro White Water Highlands (HS) - Levy Munro White Water Peaks (HS) - Levy Munro
Monthly Payment to Linden Labs
81 Full Sims x $295 US = $23,895 US
55 Homestead Sims x $125 US = $ 6,875 US
11 Open Space Sims x $75 US = $ 825 US
In all : 147 Sims
Total = $31,595 US per month
Gay Archipelago on the Web
GA main Website :
GA on Facebook :
Gay Archipelago Facebook group
Blogs from GA Estates :
Blog Cooperation Gay Francophone
Pillars of Hercules Estate Blog
Non profit Sims dedicated to GA
- Gay Archipelago (OS)
- GA Welcome Hub
- Pride (FP)
- International Welcome Hub
- Sandbox Archipelago (HS)
- Public sandbox
Shopping Sims (PG rate)
- Crazy Garden (HS)
- Flowers, plants, trees
- Flag Factory (HS)
- Flags, banners
- Jameson Architects (FP)
- Prefab residences and condominiums
- Custom Designs, Parcels, Sims, Scenes, by Lauritz Larsson Architecture
- Pandore (FP)
- Multi-mainstores sim (Fashion accessories, Prefab homes, Textures full perm, Boats/barges)