""Making friends as an adult is hard. Especially if you're looking for friends who share your identity, interests and general proximity. So what are the odds that I found myself on a very rainy New York night (the restaurant was literally leaking), seated at a booth with two strangers around my age, also lesbians, who shared a love of musical theater, can't drive and all wanted salads with protein for dinner?""
""I was looking for ways to meet queer people, and the existing avenues didn't feel like a fit," he says. "The options that do exist-notably nightlife or interest groups-don't always feel conducive to genuine connection. Nightlife often carries an underlying current of pressure, and at big open events, you might meet 30 people, but not remember a single name when you go home.""
Gayborhood curates small-group dinners at restaurants in Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen and Williamsburg to help LGBTQ+ people expand social circles and form friendships. The service reserves tables for four strangers matched to share identity and interests, emphasizing platonic connection rather than romance. The founder created the platform to address gaps left by nightlife and interest groups, which can hinder genuine interaction. Widespread loneliness among LGBTQ+ adults and the loss of queer third spaces, alongside growing political hostility toward trans and queer people, increase barriers to meeting like-minded neighbors. Social media advertising targets LGBTQ+ users seeking intentional community-building opportunities.
Read at Time Out New York
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