an animated gif. The planet Earth has rings, like Saturn, but the rings are colored like the Pride flag. It's animated to wobble/tilt are you p r o f o u n d l y   g a y ? an animated gif. The planet Earth has rings, like Saturn, but the rings are colored like the Pride flag. It's animated to wobble/tilt

profoundly.gay is a community built around a single cheap commodity Linux server on the Internet.

an animated gif in a clip art visual style. We see a 90s-style beige box computer, and the back of a person seated at the computer. They are typing frantically. A pixel art gay pride flag gently waving

Anyone who joins gets shell access to a command-line based community,
as well as their own personal home page at http://username.is.profoundly.gay
(or http://username.are.profoundly.gay, or http://profoundly.gay/~username)

Set up your own personal home page and join a webring! Log on to the terminal to send other members emails, chat in real-time via Unix talk, or post on our internal newsgroup! Play fun games and make cool art!

A clip art-style animation of a beige computer (a CRT monitor on top of a beige box) with a smile on the monitor, and eyes above the monitor. It has hands coming out of the sides of the monitor, which are used to type on the keyboard. The computer is facing the right. A grey 3D model of the transgender symbol (unicode character ⚧) animated to rotate A clip art-style animation of a beige computer (a CRT monitor on top of a beige box) with a smile on the monitor, and eyes above the monitor. It has hands coming out of the sides of the monitor, which are used to type on the keyboard. This is the same gif as used previously, but the computer is facing the left instead of the right.

This is intended to be a cozy space for queer nerds, artists, makers, and other creative folks who want to be part of a small intentional independent online community.
Allies who do not identify as queer are welcome, as long as you recognize this is a space primarily centered around inclusivity and creativity.

This sounds awesome. How do I join?

If you would like an account, please fill out this form.
Applications are manually processed by volunteers, so it may take a few days to get back to you.

Who are you?

profoundly.gay is currently run by ~directxman12 and ~lazerwalker, but this space belongs to the community.
This homepage will hopefully eventually feature more community creations and links to awesome stuff our members are publishing, but things are just getting started.

No idea what "a shell server" or "SSH" is?

A red question mark with hands and legs. It is dancing. Our FAQ may be helpful.

Inspired by tilde.club and the broader "tildeverse".

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