“ I'd like to see a meetup for just Pagans of Color as there are so few of us it would be great to get together. ”

“ Newish to the area after a long absence & looking to make friends with similar interests. ”

“ My partner and I are both white women with a strong interest in (especially) anti-Black racism in the United States. We have two adopted daughters with Black mothers (born in Chicago) and are interested in any anti-racist efforts in the area. ”

“ I'm in a very happy ltr & would like to meet other gay people! ”

“ hi i wold love to know evrything you all have to say e-mail me.... ”

“ I want to meet other Gay teens ”

“ It'd be nice to actually take part in making things better for the gay community through some kind of involvement, and I think it'd be a cool way to meet people. ”

“ I've moved here recently and want to connect with individuals who are intellectual, daring, global, kind, love justice, work with reality and aren't driven by love of money and things! Those content with being different, or being with those who are. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I want to be more envolve in the GLBT community to learn and protect my rights. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because i looking for new people like me to kick it with and just chill and if anthing else come up then further ”

“ I want these local Meetups because its hard to meet other gay teens that aren't 70 years-old ”

“ Hi my name is Bryant. I'm 28 years old and very interested in politics. I have two degrees in polisci in fact...and am looking forward to hooking up with some like minded progressives in the Chicago area. ”

“ My partner and I (shown) are interested in meeting other families, especially those with children. We have 5 children (23-19-16-15-11); only the 15 and 16 year olds reside with us. We also have two grandchildren (one shown). We bowl and skate. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because i want 2 meeet sum1 i can talk 2 bout diz n it dont hurt 2 find a boyfriend 4 da 1st time n im single guiiz so holla at ur mexicano papi lookin 4 a thug either blaq or latino aight ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I want to meet new people. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I want to meet other gay couples in my area and see what other people are doing and what others think we can do to help our gay communitys. ”

“ Just want to meet cool people my Y id is romeovilleanyone ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I'd like to be active within my community as a lesbian woman intrested in civil rights for glbt and all same gender loving persons ”

“ I want these local Meetups because my partner and I want to become more active in the gay community. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because it was about time I got to hang out with people around my area. Plus, I want to know more my surroundings. So, yeah, hit me up! ”

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“ I want local Knitting Meetups because i just started knitting and was looking for other men that knit to hang out with let me know if there are any out there rollie66@mac.com ”