The internet has undoubtedly become the fourth dimension that one could not have imagined years ago. It is present everywhere and nowhere. It is a virtual, unreachable space, an artificial, and, still, all the more live(ly) concept. It facilitates communication, information, manipulation, and, implicitly, is a power tool. As far as the Romanian LGBT are concerned, the interactive feature of the internet, which, on the other hand, ensures anonimity and invisibility, is perceived as divine intervention - what can one possibly wish more than chatting with BigTool4U from Ohio paying a local phone cost, cursing the authorities, download porn photos, or apply for the University of Amsterdam (it happens!) from behind the keyboard and the monitor, all these in one hour?... - but also as a means of social activism. Many have started to design and publish their own web pages. Some have even come out this way (that is, they publish pictures), other prefer discretion still. In this material, I shall refer to the last category, as they seem to be more interesting than the first - they are like the unknown partisans who have the power to set things straight (so to speak). They are LGBT activists without even realising it.

“http://gayromania.virtualave.net” is a site that is mainly dedicated to forums and chatting, and thus constitutes such an example. I was quite surprised to find, on the front page, an article protesting against the “NU NU NU Homosexualitãtii” ("NO NO NO to Homosexuality") posters that are spread throughout the entire Bucharest city, suggesting means to visitors in order to put an end to this action. Also, the same site displayed forums of discussions/debates concerning subjects like the Actors' Cafe (the bar that banned the LGBT access this summer), the article 200, reactions to its being repealed by the Chamber of Deputies, etc. What's interesting is not so much that they discuss these things, but rather the manner in which they are approached. Even on the chat page, the site administrators show indignance to apathy, coming up with coherent motivations.

I feel a strong bond with these unknown activists, because, even though their militantism is not institutional-like, they form a power that can reach where ACCEPT as an institution does not have access (and I particularly refer to the people who are still afraid to come out of their closets and come to ACCEPT, preferring invisibility).

From ACCEPT's website you can access more such sites, to which I shall refer in the future.