Fitlads

Fitlads is a social networking,[1] dating/hookup website and app for gay, bisexual and non-heterosexual men, as well as other men who have sex with men in the United Kingdom.[2][3][4][5] It was launched in April 2003, and introduced video to the app in 2008.[2][6]

The website is geared towards stereotypical "straight-acting" working-class "chav" or "scally"-type "lads", as well as those with a fetish for sports kits or bondage.[2][7] It has a rating system for videos, which is seen by scholar David G. Kreps as communicating more "about sex ... than it is about sex itself".[6]

Between 2014 and 2015, the website was one of those used by the serial killer Stephen Port as a means of initially contacting his victims.[8] He also maintained accounts on Sleepyboy, Grindr, Hornet, Badoo, Gaydar, Flirt, DaddyHunt, PlanetRomeo, Manhunt, Slaveboys and CouchSurfing.[9]

References
  1. Staples, Louis (25 March 2019). "Grindr Users Talk Highs and Lows After Ten Years of the App". Vice. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. Kreps, David (31 July 2012). "Performing the Discourse of Sexuality Online". Digital Identity and Social Media. IGI Global. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-4666-1916-6.
  3. Sammons, Scott (28 May 2015). "REVIEW: The Top 10 Best Gay Dating Apps". The Gay UK. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. Pullen, Christopher; Cooper, Margaret (4 June 2010). LGBT Identity and Online New Media. Routledge. p. 293. ISBN 978-1-136-99753-2.
  5. Frankis, J; Lorimer, K; Davis, M. "Social Media, Men who have Sex with Men and Sexual Health in Lanarkshire: Methodology and Sample Demographics of the Survey Data for Scotland" (PDF). Social Media, Men Who Have Sex with Men and Sexual Health in Lanarkshire: 27.
  6. Kreps, D. G. P. (11 August 2009). "Performing the Discourse of Sexuality Online Foucault, Butler, and Video-sharing on Sexual Social Networking Sites". Americas Conference on Information Systems: 1–8.
  7. Eror, Aleks (17 March 2014). "Scally Lads Are Gay Brits Who Like to Smell Stinky Socks and Have Sex in Tracksuits". Vice. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  8. Rayner, Gordon (4 January 2022). "'If the police had listened, Stephen Port's other victims might still be alive'". The Telegraph.
  9. Duffy, Nick (12 October 2016). "Alleged serial killer 'hunted twinks' across twelve gay hook-up apps". PinkNews.
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