What does Gay Authors mean to you?

[Myr]

So what does the Gay Authors story and community site mean to you?

[Sherye Story Reader]

It means that I get to see some truly gifted authors from reading their stories and get to interact with others also. I may not have met them in person but since I have been here, everyone has made me feel at home and I feel special. And I can give back that special feeling to others too. Oh and we can all have laughs with each other!

[chris191070]

It's a community where you get great stories, amazing authors and a place to vent, laugh and talk to people 😊 

[Jason Rimbaud]

For me, it's a great place to share my stories with the few who enjoy my silliness. It is also a place that allows me to poke the Fabulous One, annoy Wildone, and cause general stirring of pots. A community where I've met some really fun and entertaining people. And finally its a place to support creativity in a space that includes something for everyone. 

[ReaderPaul]

GA is a great place to not only read a variety of story in a variety of situations, but interact with a variety of persons with vividly varied vivacious viewpoints.  Some of those views envision possibilities I had not previously considered, causing curiosity and expanding horizons.  Sure, there is a time or two I've encountered soreheads, but that seems to happen in most aspects of life.  A good place of not only stories, but community.

[Ron]

I've checked in everyday for the last few years (I have the badges to prove it ) and most days I'm looking around, if only briefly. So GA is and has been a stopping place in my daily routine for some time. I enjoy interacting with the other members and commenting on the various site blogs whenever I have something to say that adds to the conversation (aside from those few times when I've been a little stroppy ).

GA is the only place that I've posted what I've written as an author, so there's that exclusive content here. I enjoy commenting on other author's stories when I actually have time to read as well.

I guess what I'm saying is that GA has become a sort of home for this wandering gay author who has plenty of ideas and occasionally comes up with a story now and again.

Thank you for the place and the space to roam freely.

[Krista]

It means a great deal.

I was young when I found GA, when I started writing. I used to think that the internet was a lot less than it is. More than my thirteen/fourteen year old brain could comprehend. When I started writing, it was around the same time that I and my real life gay friends found Nifty. I honestly didn't need to be on that site at that age. I didn't see it as scary, so when I started writing I was very much a teenager dealing with mostly adults. Adults that didn't know that I was so young. I got some interesting e-mails and comments. I don't think I would have stayed past my first two stories if I hadn't found GA. 

I used to have a blog here. I deleted it years ago, I'm sure it is still in the deep back alleys. I talked about everything that I won't talk about now. I want to protect my privacy, so I want the smallest online footprint possible. When I found GA one of those things I talked about changed the course of my entire life. Still does to this day. If you were around back then and happened into my "tell all," blogging I used to do, you know what that is if you haven't forgotten.  

The writing, posting, and community were a distraction from that and the island I put myself on for a time. 

It has of course morphed into the 'home' I use for my writing. I don't post anywhere else, not even to Nifty anymore. GA gave me @wildone. Someone I might harass, belittle, torture, poke at... but someone I have told things to that I've not spoken out loud to another living person. If I'm honest there have been years, months, that I said, "no more," with GA. I wasn't writing or present here, but he was, so I stayed. If he ever says he is stepping away, I'll go too, I've said that in the past and it still holds true. It's not that he carries all the weight and love I have for this place. I have learned, laughed, fussed over, and fought for a lot while here. It impacted my life to a degree. I wouldn't have written half of what I have to show without GA's support. 

Lastly, and probably most importantly, I could see what this place was for people who were alone in their personal worlds that didn't have anyone they could confide in about sexuality, fears, relationships, and/or writing. People found a place to be for a little while. To witness it, not fully understanding it as a heterosexual woman has been valuable to me. 

[Daddydavek]

It's the only online community I follow.  I don't do Facebook, Tiktok, X, or any other social media sites.  I do have subscriptions to the WAPO and NYT and check out NBC News.  

GA has some great stories with readers who provide some thoughtful comments (and some quite inane ones as well...). It's where I look forward to getting my George Granger fix as well as the latest in the CAP series.  I will read a story but it may not keep my interest if it is too full of teenage angst which is trite.  

The site has lost some great members over the years including Comsie, Carlos Hazday, ComicFan, and Old Bob among others...

After sampling and reading on site for more than fifteen years, it is like an old comfortable hoodie.  

[Enoch]

When I first found the Gay Authors community, I was so far back in the closet I practically needed a plane ticket just to reach the door. I grew up around people who equated being gay with being evil, and my hometown made its disdain for anyone like me painfully clear. I served in the military before “don’t ask, don’t tell,” so hiding who I was wasn’t just expected — it felt necessary.

Finding GA was a relief I didn’t even know I needed. For the first time, I had a space filled with people who understood, supported, and simply got me. This community let me take off the mask I’d been forced to wear for years and finally be myself — my true self.

I’m deeply grateful to Myr and to everyone who founded, shaped, and continues to operate this site. What you’ve built here matters more than you know.