What are location and community, and how do I change them?

Location and community are the two settings that shape everything you see on Gaytherings. They sit at the top of the homepage, and every list below them respects both.

What each one does

Location is where you're looking: a city, or a whole country. Community is the crowd: all LGBTQIA+ events, or something more specific like lesbian, gay, trans and nonbinary, queer+, or mixed crowd.

Together they read as one line at the top of the page, something like "All LGBTQIA+ · United States."

How to change them

1. Tap the location and community bar at the top of the homepage.
2. Set a location. Start typing a city and pick it from the suggestions, or use the auto-detected one.
3. Pick a community from the list. Tap the info icon next to any option for a short definition.
4. Tap apply. Nothing changes until you do.

What we remember

Not signed in, nothing is kept. Every visit starts fresh on "All LGBTQIA+ · United States."

Signed in, we remember the last location and community you used so the page doesn't reset each time you come back.

Either way, these are filters rather than profile settings. There's nothing in your account that records what you are, and nobody sees what you've picked. If you'd rather not leave a specific pair behind, all LGBTQIA+ events and United States is the broadest view there is, and signing out clears the slate.

"Happening now" works separately

"Happening now" is the live view: events already underway or about to start, with the distance from you shown on each one. It has its own location and community filters, so changing them narrows that list only and your top-level settings stay exactly where you left them.

Updated on: 21/08/2026