{"id":42437,"date":"2016-08-06T12:25:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T16:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/party-like-its-2002-a-look-back-at-gay-culture-in-the-aughts\/"},"modified":"2016-08-06T12:25:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T16:25:51","slug":"party-like-its-2002-a-look-back-at-gay-culture-in-the-aughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/party-like-its-2002-a-look-back-at-gay-culture-in-the-aughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Party Like It\u2019s 2002: A Look Back At Gay Culture In The Aughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Party Like It\u2019s 2002: A Look Back At Gay Culture In The Aughts<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/queer-as-folk-cast.png\" alt=\"queer-as-folk-cast\" width=\"650\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/queer-as-folk-cast.png 532w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/queer-as-folk-cast-360x292.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>This week marked the end of an era when <a href=\"http:\/\/Gay.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Gay.com<\/a> announced it was&nbsp;permanently deleting&nbsp;all&nbsp;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">chatrooms<\/a>, along with all profiles, photos and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">chat<\/a> histories effective August 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/end-era-gay-com-chat-rooms-no-today-20160801\" target=\"_blank\">End Of An Era: Gay.Com Chat Rooms Are No More As Of Today<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The site was a defining part of our lives in the late &rsquo;90s and early &rsquo;00s, and even though we hadn&rsquo;t visited it&nbsp;in over a decade, we were still flooded with nostalgia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/queerty-readers-relive-gay-com-chatroom-glory-days-20160803\" target=\"_blank\">Queerty Readers Relive The Gay.com Chatroom Glory Days<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The whole thing got us thinking about other pieces of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> culture that have been lost to the ages.<strong> Scroll down to join us for&nbsp;a&nbsp;jaunt&nbsp;down memory lane&hellip;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Online&nbsp;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">chatrooms<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/chat-room-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"chat-room-1\" width=\"650\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/chat-room-1-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/chat-room-1-1-360x237.jpg 360w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/chat-room-1-1-190x125.jpg 190w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/chat-room-1-1-105x68.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>Before there was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/awkward-grindrfails-guarantee-night-alone-20160508\" target=\"_blank\">Grindr<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/unfortunate-scrufffails-will-ensure-dont-get-tail-holiday-weekend-20160528\" target=\"_blank\">Scruff<\/a> there were online <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">chatrooms<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/Gay.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Gay.com<\/a> and AOL were probably the most popular ones. Guys would hang out&nbsp;late at night in their underpants&nbsp;chatting with complete strangers over dial-up internet, swapping pics, engaging in &ldquo;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">cybersex<\/a>,&rdquo;&nbsp;and arranging hook ups.&nbsp;It was all very exciting at the time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fag hags<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/fag-hag-670x377.jpg\" alt=\"fag-hag\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/fag-hag-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/fag-hag-360x203.jpg 360w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/fag-hag.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>Just as&nbsp;the term &ldquo;fag hag&rdquo;&nbsp;has fallen out of fashion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/former-fag-hag-courtney-love-owes-her-success-to-drag-queens-20140421\" target=\"_blank\">so have fag hags, in general<\/a>. Sure, there are still a handful of hangers on who relish in surrounding themselves exclusively with homosexual <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>, but for the most part,&nbsp;everyone just hangs out with everyone these days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/structure-store.png\" alt=\"structure-store\" width=\"650\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/structure-store.png 461w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/structure-store-360x227.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>Before becoming Express Men, then just Express, and then&nbsp;finally&nbsp;being sold to SEARS, this&nbsp;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>&rsquo;s fashion line was all the rage in shopping malls across the nation in the late &rsquo;90s and&nbsp;early &rsquo;00s. It specialized in modern everyday&nbsp;basics&ndash;jeans, polo shirts, hoodies, button-downs.&nbsp;Unfortunately, the basics were a little <em>too<\/em> basic and the brand vanished&nbsp;seemingly&nbsp;into thin air.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Streaky hair highlights&hellip;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/lance-bass-frosted-tips.jpg\" alt=\"lance-bass-frosted-tips\" width=\"650\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/lance-bass-frosted-tips.jpg 625w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/lance-bass-frosted-tips-360x196.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>&hellip;gelled, spiked and sprayed to resemble the look and texture&nbsp;of a porcupine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edgy <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>-themed cable television dramas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/queer-as-folk-cast.png\" alt=\"queer-as-folk-cast\" width=\"650\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/queer-as-folk-cast.png 532w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/queer-as-folk-cast-360x292.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/the-cast-of-queer-as-folk-reunites-for-the-first-time-in-seven-years-20120605\" target=\"_blank\">Queer as Folk<\/a>. Noah&rsquo;s Ark. The L Word.&nbsp;<\/em>These were just a few of the edgy <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>-themed dramas that dominated cable television channels. The shows generally dealt with timely topics such as&nbsp;coming out, dating, drugging, clubbing, cruising, and workplace discrimination, with a little autoerotic asphyxiation and underage prostitution thrown in for good measure. You now, typical &ldquo;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>&rdquo; stuff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Baitbus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/08\/05144023\/bait-bus.png\" alt=\"bait-bus\" width=\"661\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/08\/05144023\/bait-bus.png 661w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/08\/05144023\/bait-bus-360x231.png 360w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/08\/05144023\/bait-bus-105x68.png 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\"><\/p>\n<p>Though&nbsp;nobody&rsquo;s fooled by Baitbus anymore, back in the day the&nbsp;site had&nbsp;us totally&nbsp;mesmerized. Heterosexual <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>&nbsp;were picked up on the street&nbsp;and tricked into having <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> in a van with a complete stranger all while being filmed. Then afterwards they were abandoned on the side of the road&nbsp;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">butt<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">naked<\/a> and angry at having been duped. It was truly amazing just how many straight <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a> fell for the scheme. Almost as amazing as how many <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a> actually believed the whole setup was real.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dance vault remixes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/dance-vault-mixes.jpg\" alt=\"dance-vault-mixes\" width=\"650\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/dance-vault-mixes.jpg 618w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/dance-vault-mixes-360x237.jpg 360w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/dance-vault-mixes-190x125.jpg 190w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/dance-vault-mixes-105x68.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>Remember dance vault remixes? Female pop artists with&nbsp;strong&nbsp;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> followings would&nbsp;remix their non-dance tracks&nbsp;into&nbsp;upbeat club bangers often to mixed results. The musical trend helped turn&nbsp;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a> like&nbsp;Felix da Housecat and Paul Oakenfold into same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> household names.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original iPods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/ipod_gen1a.jpg\" alt=\"ipod_gen1a\" width=\"575\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/ipod_gen1a.jpg 575w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/ipod_gen1a-360x256.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\"><\/p>\n<p>And we listened&nbsp;to these remixes on iPods so large and so bulky that they barely fit into&nbsp;our bootcut jeans&nbsp;pockets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kelly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/kelly.jpg\" alt=\"kelly\" width=\"650\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/kelly.jpg 600w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/kelly-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/kelly-190x125.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>Remember her?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blackberries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/blackberry-2006.jpg\" alt=\"blackberry-2006\" width=\"650\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/blackberry-2006.jpg 580w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/blackberry-2006-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/blackberry-2006-190x125.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>Before the iPhone, anyone who was anyone had a Blackberry, including &ldquo;It&rdquo; <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girls<\/a>&nbsp;like&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/watch-paris-hiltons-new-song-good-time-is-anything-but-20131008\" target=\"_blank\">Paris Hilton<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/lindsay-lohan-lives-up-to-your-low-expectations-in-new-reality-show-20140305\" target=\"_blank\">Lindsay Lohan<\/a>, who were both famously snapped by paparazzi stumbling out of bars looking glossy eyed and clutching their bedazzled&nbsp;devices. Even President Obama famously pleaded with the Secret Service to keep his Blackberry after being sworn into office in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The novelty of being <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/gay-gardener.jpg\" alt=\"gay-gardener\" width=\"638\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/gay-gardener.jpg 638w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/08\/gay-gardener-360x200.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\"><\/p>\n<p>It wasn&rsquo;t all that long ago that simply &ldquo;being <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>&rdquo; gave a person an&nbsp;edge or made them more interesting. But with more and more folks&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/straight-guys-sound-off-men-theyve-slept-theyre-still-straight-20160803\" target=\"_blank\">embracing sexual fluidity<\/a> or coming out as <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexual<\/a> or heteroflexible,&nbsp;paired with the advancements in LGBTQ rights in recent years, just &ldquo;being <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>&rdquo; isn&rsquo;t enough anymore. And, honestly, that&rsquo;s probably for the best. Though we&rsquo;d be lying if we said there wasn&rsquo;t a small part of us that didn&rsquo;t miss&nbsp;using our sexualities as a crutch to seem more cool at parties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/dont-be-that-gay-the-10-most-obnoxious-types-of-homosexual-men-20141012\" target=\"_blank\">Don&rsquo;t Be That Gay: The 10 Most Obnoxious Types Of Homosexual Men<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=mzIn6FvRgnk:vIH8tW2Jcds:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=mzIn6FvRgnk:vIH8tW2Jcds:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/queerty2\/~3\/mzIn6FvRgnk\/party-like-2002-look-back-gay-culture-aughts-20160806\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/queerty2\/~3\/mzIn6FvRgnk\/party-like-2002-look-back-gay-culture-aughts-20160806<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Party Like It\u2019s 2002: A Look Back At Gay Culture In The Aughts This week marked the end of an era when <a href=\"http:\/\/Gay.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Gay.com<\/a> announced it was&nbsp;permanently deleting&nbsp;all&nbsp;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">chatrooms<\/a>, along with all profiles, photos and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">chat<\/a> histories effective August 1. 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