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Lesbians networking in Brazil

8,000 girls in 4 months – numbers from LESKUT, a Brazilian private social network for girls who love girls hosted by ning

Created by Parada Lésbica, a portal with information for lesbians started on October 8 last year, Leskut works quite much like Facebook, Myspace or Orkut – you register a profile and you have access to regular social network tools like, blogging, communities, poking, photo albums, playlists, video albums, scraps and an instant message board.

The creator, Del, regards the success to its connection with Parada Lésbica. “When I created PL, I wanted it to be a portal that broached varied subjects and had diverse functions: downloads, information, interaction among girls – and that’s why I created Leskut”, she says.

Most of the registered girls are between 16 (the minimum age) and 20 years old. Del explains that it was with the help of a lawyer that she got to the age of 16, when a person is legally seen as having already reached “age of consent” and is able to make her own sexual life choices. Nonetheless, having the 16-year-old girls around means Leskut has to be totally ‘clean’, free of porn. This moderation is done by 7 competent women that analyze together any suspicious profile or occurrence. Besides, Del personally talks to girls about the importance of keeping the network free of porn and obscenities .

Thanks to the healthy interaction environment created by this woman, 80 new girls join Leskut every day.

Lezzie is half-closeted Brazilian Philosophy High School teacher writing on everything she has the opportunity to read, listen to and see (as a good Gemini).You can find out more about here by checking her profile at http://lezgetreal.ning.com/profile/Boudecca.