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Fitlads was a social networking,^[1] dating/hookup website and app for gay and bisexual 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 was 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 had a rating system for videos, which was 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]

^ Staples, Louis (25 March 2019). "Grindr Users Talk Highs and Lows After Ten Years of the App". Vice. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ Sammons, Scott (28 May 2015). "REVIEW: The Top 10 Best Gay Dating Apps". The Gay UK. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ Pullen, Christopher; Cooper, Margaret (4 June 2010). LGBT Identity and Online New Media. Routledge. p. 293. ISBN 978-1-136-99753-2.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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. 21 (6): 1511–1520. doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.03990.x. PMID 15845079. S2CID 45877734.
^ 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.
^ Rayner, Gordon (4 January 2022). "'If the police had listened, Stephen Port's other victims might still be alive'". The Telegraph.
^ Duffy, Nick (12 October 2016). "Alleged serial killer 'hunted twinks' across twelve gay hook-up apps". PinkNews.

[1] Staples, Louis (25 March 2019). "Grindr Users Talk Highs and Lows After Ten Years of the App". Vice. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[Kreps-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.

[Conference-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. 21 (6): 1511–1520. doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.03990.x. PMID 15845079. S2CID 45877734.

[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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