TQL Upgrade + Wanted

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2½ years ago a group of friends decided to work together on a site called TrueQueerLove.
gerri71 already had a forum with that name, but we decided to find a new forum solution and add an archive, so I set up the site TrueQueerLove for us to run together.
So much out of our hands happened to the different members of the group and due to this I was left running TQL basically on my own to then finally, at the end of June this year, take over the ownership of TQL as well. I hope to keep TQL a place worth visiting for both members and guests and to do this it's become time for a major upgrade of TQL. The upgrade will not change the look or feel, but will bring better usability, security and some new features. As this is such a massive upgrade, I’ve decided to close the site while working on it and this means that TQL will be closed from Wednesday October 10th to its reopening on Friday November 2nd.


A great community needs a great staff / team to run it and I am now looking for new members to join galeandrandy and me.
You don’t need to have previous experience, what’s important is that you
- have a love for the QaF fandom
- tunderstand the importance of communication
- keep timelines and promises
The rest I can teach you.
Access to Skype is a huge bonus, but not a must.

If you are interested, please send me an email at info[at]truequeerlove.com or PM me here at livejournal, letting me know a bit about who you are, your interests, what you’re good at and what you wish to contribute to TQL.


No matter how many hundreds of hours I or anyone else put into the site and how great the stories and features are, none of it matter unless there's an audience to appreciate it. Some authors won’t take the chance on TQL as it has a smaller audience and fewer reviews than other, older and larger archives, no matter what other benefits TQL may offer and unfortunately that puts a boot in the wheel for TQL’s growth as without new stories and updates, readers won’t come and without readers, there is no reviews. It’s a catch 22.

To help TQL grow and reach a bigger audience I'm looking for

- Authors that are willing to offer one or more stories exclusively to TQL.
The story remains yours, of course, but will be posted on TQL only.

- Authors that are willing to offer one or more stories semi exclusively to TQL.
The story remains yours, of course, but will always be posted at TQL first with a few days margin (minimum) before being posted elsewhere.

If you wish to contribute one or more stories or to simply know more, please email me at info[at]truequeerlove.com


Posting stories takes a lot of time. To help authors get started at TQL I once again offer to transfer stories of choice to TQL’s library.

If you are interested in having your stories archived at TQL, please email me at info[at]truequeerlove.com or PM me here at livejournal letting me know
- Desired penname
- List of stories you wish to have transferred
- Link to online location (-s) where your stories can be copied from

Authors that offer TQL a story exclusively or semi exclusively will be served first (see above).


I would love to add some more puzzles to TQL, but busy as I will be with upgrades and adding new content I’m now looking for help from other graphic artists with images to create puzzles from.

The image(-s) needs to be
- 800x600 pixels
- .jpg or .png format
- fairly detailed
- fandom related

If you wish to contribute one or more images, please email them to info[at]truequeerlove.com


The upgrade will bring a few new (huge) features to TQL and galeandrandy and I have a few exclusive things we will add to the site, but I'm looking for even more.
Do you have
- photos not previosly posted publicly
- not previously posted event reports
- etc.
Please consider sharing them with the members of TQL.
If you wish to contribute or just know more, please email them to info[at]truequeerlove.com and don’t forget to let me know whom to credit.

You only consent to the material to be used at TQL. All rights to the material remain yours.


I have chosen to keep TQL ad free; however, to be able to keep it that way, to continue developing it, and offer competitions with prizes, I need your help.
Please consider a donation; any amount will help.

Any and all donations go to the running of TQL.

I’m curious what You as a reader/writer/vidder/graphic artist/lurker would love to see at TQL and or in the fandom.
Please let me know your thoughts, wishes and ideas by
- emailing me at info[at]truequeerlove.com
- PM me here at livejournal
- Leave a comment to this post

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