Lesbian.com up for sale for $2 million
AUSTIN, Texas, April 24 (UPI) -- The domain name Lesbian.com, registered in 1995 by a Texas woman who wanted to protect it, is up for sale for $2 million.
Sue Beckwith did not just sit on the name. She and another woman, Mel Braman of St. Louis, built up a Web site that offers information of interest to Lesbians on topics like health, vacations and jobs, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Beckwith's ideal buyer would have the resources to make the site even more helpful. But she and Braman acknowledge that the site could end up owned by someone primarily interested in making money -- possibly even a pornographer.
"I'm just going to cross that bridge when I come to it. It would have to be a very lucrative offer," said Beckwith, who turned down a $250,000 offer from a pornographic site shortly after she registered the name in 1995.
The site does not use Internet cookies. Beckwith and Braman say they wanted to protect users living in countries where even visiting a gay-themed site could put them in jeopardy. |
(Source: United Press International) |