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October 11, 2009 Posted by GorgeousBoys in News And Scoops

Florida Police Works Gay.com Yielding 16 yr Prison Term For Public Figure Who Drove For Sex With Minor Boy

A former public works director for Robertsdale, Alabama. was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison Friday after being found guilty of traveling to Pensacola, Florida to have sex with a minor. In March, David Allen Girard, 53, was arrested when he drove to Pensacola to meet and engage in sexual activity with who he thought was a 14-year-old boy. The boy was actually a member of the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, who was posing as a child on the Web site GAY.COM.

Gay.com "Bait" Photo

According to a U.S. Attorney's Office news release, Girard contacted the "14-year-old boy," actually an undercover officer, through the site, discussed engaging in sexual activity with him, and arranged a meeting in Pensacola. When Girard arrived at the meeting place, he was taken in to custody by law enforcement. Girard had condoms and personal lubrication in his possession when he was arrested, the release said. Girard was already a registered sex offender, due to a 2001 conviction in Alabama for possessing child pornography. U.S. District Court Judge Casey Rodgers sentenced Girard on Friday to 195 months in prison followed by a lifetime term of supervised release for the latest conviction.

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Tags: Alabama, florida, gay.com, internet, police, prison, sex crime, sting

March 12, 2009 Posted by Matthew Conaster in Internet, Science & Technology

PlanetOut In Doubt

PlanetOut Inc, the parent company of Gay.com which is its leading brand may soon close its door, you better save your profile now while you can if you're a user of their service. PlanetOut Inc, media and entertainment company exclusively focused on the gay and lesbian market, announced today that the audit report contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2009, included an explanatory paragraph from PlanetOut’s independent registered public accounting firm expressing substantial doubt about PlanetOut’s ability to continue as a going concern due to its continuing net losses and accumulated deficit. As a result of recent operating losses, PlanetOut.com has been looking at its anticipated cash needs and adopted an operating plan to manage the costs of its capital expenditures and operating activities along with its revenues. PlanetOut reduced its workforce by approximately 33% on January 16, 2009. In addition, on January 8, 2009, PlanetOut entered into a merger agreement with Here Media Inc. This transaction is anticipated to be completed during the second quarter of 2009. If the proposed business combination is not completed, PlanetOut will be in trouble and will have to look at further cost reductions or go out of business all together. planetout_inc_color

As mainstream newspapers are having a difficult time, it should be no surprise that gay and lesbian publications are experiencing some of the same troubles and there is a long list of GLBT publications that have recently vanished. Last month, the investment fund that owns the Washington Blade, the Southern Voice, Genre magazine, and other gay publications was forced into receivership by the federal Small Business Administration (SBA), which will sell the fund’s assets and distribute the proceeds to investors. As the economy continues to tailspin and advertising revenues drop, this could only be the beginning of trouble for even more LGBT publishers. Article Information taken from: PlanetOut Inc. Announces Information in Compliance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4350(b)(1)(B).

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Tags: deficit, gay.com, Here Media, loss, newspaper, PlanetOut

November 30, 2008 Posted by Matthew Conaster in Internet, Science & Technology

Mr. Gay.com Named

And the winner of the Mr. Gay.com competition is Andrew Roberts (Muscle Stud category), a third-year med student at Indiana University. In second place came Rocky Graziano (Community leader category), a banker from Boston who enjoys the support of a big Italian family.