Comments on: eHarmony to Launch Gay Dating Site ‘Compatible Partners’ http://lezgetreal.com/2009/03/eharmony-to-launch-gay-dating-site-compatible-partners/ A Gay Girl's View on the World Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:46:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eHarmony’s Gay Dating Site is Looking for Advertisers - Lez Get Real http://lezgetreal.com/2009/03/eharmony-to-launch-gay-dating-site-compatible-partners/comment-page-1/#comment-16999 eHarmony’s Gay Dating Site is Looking for Advertisers - Lez Get Real Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:03:28 +0000 http://lezgetreal.com/?p=5288#comment-16999 [...] Recently, online dating site eHarmony was found to be discriminatory towards same-sex couples and forced to create a separate but equal gay dating site which they named Compatible Partners. [...] [...] Recently, online dating site eHarmony was found to be discriminatory towards same-sex couples and forced to create a separate but equal gay dating site which they named Compatible Partners. [...]

]]> By: Kizzle http://lezgetreal.com/2009/03/eharmony-to-launch-gay-dating-site-compatible-partners/comment-page-1/#comment-3709 Kizzle Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:46:53 +0000 http://lezgetreal.com/?p=5288#comment-3709 Is this new compatible partners going to be available to Canadians as well? Or just Americans? I see another lawsuit coming if that's the case! Is this new compatible partners going to be available to Canadians as well? Or just Americans? I see another lawsuit coming if that’s the case!

]]> By: Sun W. Kim http://lezgetreal.com/2009/03/eharmony-to-launch-gay-dating-site-compatible-partners/comment-page-1/#comment-35996 Sun W. Kim Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:06:09 +0000 http://lezgetreal.com/?p=5288#comment-35996 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">eHarmony to Launch Gay Dating Site ‘Compatible Partners’ http://bit.ly/B1ya5</span></span> eHarmony to Launch Gay Dating Site ‘Compatible Partners’ http://bit.ly/B1ya5

]]> By: eHarmony Sponsors Ellen’s Newlywed Game | Lez Get Real http://lezgetreal.com/2009/03/eharmony-to-launch-gay-dating-site-compatible-partners/comment-page-1/#comment-3400 eHarmony Sponsors Ellen’s Newlywed Game | Lez Get Real Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:53:28 +0000 http://lezgetreal.com/?p=5288#comment-3400 [...] has been in the news quite a bit lately, and more recently made the news on Queerty.com for sponsoring The Newlywed Game [...] [...] has been in the news quite a bit lately, and more recently made the news on Queerty.com for sponsoring The Newlywed Game [...]

]]> By: ~Julie Phineas~ http://lezgetreal.com/2009/03/eharmony-to-launch-gay-dating-site-compatible-partners/comment-page-1/#comment-3303 ~Julie Phineas~ Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:16:43 +0000 http://lezgetreal.com/?p=5288#comment-3303 I think that probable cause towards discrimination was found because eHarmony does not advertise as a niche site. They advertise to help find you a compatible long term partner. Its misleading to the gay consumer. Other sites that advertise to find you a catholic partner, or something specific like that are transparent and less likely to mislead. In either case, you shouldn't be able to deny access to anyone, unless they are underage or engage in misconduct. If a straight person wants to join a gay site, they aren't going to have much fun there. I think if they were kept out from there it would be probably cause for discrimination as well. Let me be clear this is different from inclusiveness. A site does not have to be inclusive. They are okay to create sites that are for specific markets. Discrimination is a whole new ballpark. Discrimination is never OK, at least not in America. One good example is that here on this site we get visitors from all walks of life, not just lesbians. Our content is geared towards lesbians, but we remain inclusive of all in that we don't delete comments from non-lesbians, we don't delete memberships of men in our social network; and the only grounds we have to remove a person from our site (regardless of orientation, gender, etc) is if there is misconduct. We try to be inclusive AND we don't discriminate. It seems like eHarmony's problem stemmed from their system, which is based on studies done of heterosexual couples. However this really is no excuse in my book when sites like Yahoo! Personals were geared towards heterosexuals in the beginning, yet still opened their services to the gay and lesbian community after time. I think that probable cause towards discrimination was found because eHarmony does not advertise as a niche site. They advertise to help find you a compatible long term partner. Its misleading to the gay consumer. Other sites that advertise to find you a catholic partner, or something specific like that are transparent and less likely to mislead. In either case, you shouldn’t be able to deny access to anyone, unless they are underage or engage in misconduct. If a straight person wants to join a gay site, they aren’t going to have much fun there. I think if they were kept out from there it would be probably cause for discrimination as well. Let me be clear this is different from inclusiveness. A site does not have to be inclusive. They are okay to create sites that are for specific markets. Discrimination is a whole new ballpark. Discrimination is never OK, at least not in America.

One good example is that here on this site we get visitors from all walks of life, not just lesbians. Our content is geared towards lesbians, but we remain inclusive of all in that we don’t delete comments from non-lesbians, we don’t delete memberships of men in our social network; and the only grounds we have to remove a person from our site (regardless of orientation, gender, etc) is if there is misconduct. We try to be inclusive AND we don’t discriminate.

It seems like eHarmony’s problem stemmed from their system, which is based on studies done of heterosexual couples. However this really is no excuse in my book when sites like Yahoo! Personals were geared towards heterosexuals in the beginning, yet still opened their services to the gay and lesbian community after time.

]]> By: Tara http://lezgetreal.com/2009/03/eharmony-to-launch-gay-dating-site-compatible-partners/comment-page-1/#comment-3291 Tara Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:37:41 +0000 http://lezgetreal.com/?p=5288#comment-3291 Now, would it also be discrimination that all the gay/lesbian dating sites on the link provided do not offer options for trans or bi? Before we point fingers about discrimination we might want to check that we ourselves are not guilty of it. Now, would it also be discrimination that all the gay/lesbian dating sites on the link provided do not offer options for trans or bi? Before we point fingers about discrimination we might want to check that we ourselves are not guilty of it.

]]> By: Brien http://lezgetreal.com/2009/03/eharmony-to-launch-gay-dating-site-compatible-partners/comment-page-1/#comment-3287 Brien Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:53:56 +0000 http://lezgetreal.com/?p=5288#comment-3287 My question is - why did we (as a community) challenge it in the first place? They have every right to not have a website for us gay people - and we have every right not to pay them for services they don't have a want to provide. Is it discrimination? Sure! But I dont think its unacceptable for a website owner to not cater to a community it doesn't agree with. To use a parallel - I dont think churches should be forced to wed gay couples if its against their beliefs. Its a privately funded place. And WHY would you want to get married in a church that doesn't want you in the first place...? I have a feeling i'm going to get a lot of flack for this comment... My question is – why did we (as a community) challenge it in the first place? They have every right to not have a website for us gay people – and we have every right not to pay them for services they don’t have a want to provide. Is it discrimination? Sure! But I dont think its unacceptable for a website owner to not cater to a community it doesn’t agree with. To use a parallel – I dont think churches should be forced to wed gay couples if its against their beliefs. Its a privately funded place. And WHY would you want to get married in a church that doesn’t want you in the first place…?

I have a feeling i’m going to get a lot of flack for this comment…

]]> By: lezgetreal http://lezgetreal.com/2009/03/eharmony-to-launch-gay-dating-site-compatible-partners/comment-page-1/#comment-35997 lezgetreal Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:28:44 +0000 http://lezgetreal.com/?p=5288#comment-35997 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Now on LGR: eHarmony to Launch Gay Dating Site ‘Compatible Partners’: Widely advertised dating site e.. http://tinyurl.com/crper9</span></span> Now on LGR: eHarmony to Launch Gay Dating Site ‘Compatible Partners’: Widely advertised dating site e.. http://tinyurl.com/crper9

]]> By: queerunity http://lezgetreal.com/2009/03/eharmony-to-launch-gay-dating-site-compatible-partners/comment-page-1/#comment-35998 queerunity Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:12:28 +0000 http://lezgetreal.com/?p=5288#comment-35998 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">E-Harmony (hater of gays) to launch forced gay dating site this month http://lezgetreal.com/?p=5288</span></span> E-Harmony (hater of gays) to launch forced gay dating site this month http://lezgetreal.com/?p=5288

]]> By: queerunity http://lezgetreal.com/2009/03/eharmony-to-launch-gay-dating-site-compatible-partners/comment-page-1/#comment-3286 queerunity Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:13:25 +0000 http://lezgetreal.com/?p=5288#comment-3286 people who know about this wont pay them shit people who know about this wont pay them shit

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