He ran into trouble when Out, a gay magazine, published an article about the website in its current issue. A successful real estate developer, he founded Manhunt with his life partner, Larry Basile, in 2001. Manhunt and sites like it have revolutionized one formative aspect of gay culture, taking what was once a public activity to the privacy of one’s home.Įxcept that the Internet, as Jonathan Crutchley recently discovered, isn’t really private. As its name implies, it’s a site where many gay men go to find casual sexual encounters. alone and 400,000 unique visitors a month. It’s one of the most popular gay websites in the world, with 1 million registered members in the U.S. Unless you’re a gay man, that’s to be expected. Two weeks ago, news emerged that the co-founder of the website had contributed $2,300 to the presidential campaign of John McCain.
