SYDNEY, November 5, 2007  –  A new website has been launched in Australia that will feature video game content, for lesbian gamers, by lesbian gamers.

As the blurb from ‘Down Under’ says: “If you’re a girl who likes girls who likes games, you’ve found your place on the internet”.

And that place is Lesbian Gamers – the site is aimed at gay women world-wide.

“Guys have plenty of gaming sites to visit and gay guys have a couple also,” Angela Simpson, the site’s content manger, pointed out.

“While these aren’t strictly designated guys only, the membership is heavily weighted in that area, so we’re hoping to even out that balance, by giving women their own space.

“There are a lot of lesbian gamers and we’re hoping they’ll support what we’re trying to do,” she added.

Stunned to find the lesbiangamers.com domain name available, the girls behind the project set out on a mission and started the site, which will feature daily news, articles, a forum, shoutbox and reviews – all with a little pinch of tongue-in-cheek lesbian sprinkles.

Based on the on the sunny Gold Coast, Lesbian Gamers.com launched at the beginning of this month and is hoping to gain support from not only the lesbian community, but the gaming world also.

Lesbian Gamers is a spin-off site to the also recently-launched GirlGamers.com.au, also an Australian based gaming site that features news, views and reviews of female gaming down under.

Tracy Whitelaw, PR for both sites and the well established ThumbBandits.com said it was time to have a full-on lesbian site.

“We’ve been lucky enough to have a lot of support from lesbians at Thumb Bandits.com and now we’re giving lesbians who game their own space.

“Look, what we all have in common is that sometimes we like to use our hands for other things, so let’s talk about it and have fun with it,” she added.

The women behind the scenes are hoping the lesbian gaming community will rally behind the site to give a firm and established voice from that particular gaming demographic.

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Posted: 01 November 2007 at 15:00 (UK time)