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Gays X

Community, wellbeing, information and rights for gay men.

Gays X is a community initiative of Asociación Silueta X created to connect gay men, share useful information, strengthen peer networks and provide accessible pathways to opportunities, wellbeing resources and rights protection.

You do not need to arrive with a complaint or a crisis. You can simply be looking for community, activities, information, opportunities or a place to learn what resources are available to you.

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The WhatsApp community currently operates primarily in Spanish.

A community network connected to Asociación Silueta X.

One page · Two entry points

For gay men — and for those who want to strengthen community-based access to rights

If you are a gay man

There is a community here

Gays X provides a direct space to connect, receive information, learn about activities, discover opportunities and find appropriate resources when you need them.

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If you are a donor, funder or institutional partner

See how a community network becomes an access point

Gays X is part of a broader Silueta X model connecting low-barrier community spaces with prevention, mental-health resources, legal protection, opportunities and specialized support.

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Diversity within diversity

There is no single gay experience.

Age, geography, income, ethnicity, disability, HIV status, migration, gender expression and family context can profoundly shape the experience of a gay man.

A dedicated community helps us hear those differences rather than flatten them into a single category.

Young people Identity, family, education, first relationships and growing independence.

Adults Work, relationships, wellbeing, health and social participation.

Migrants & displaced people New support networks, protection, integration and access to services.

Intersections Sexual orientation can intersect with poverty, racism, disability, HIV and other inequalities.

Information for the community

What Gays X is designed to share

🏳️‍🌈 Identity & rights Information about sexual orientation, equality, discrimination, violence and the exercise of rights.

❤️ Sexual health & prevention Responsible information on combination prevention, HIV, sexual wellbeing, stigma and access to appropriate resources.

🧠 Mental health Emotional wellbeing, self-esteem, relationships and connections to psychological support when needed.

💼 Opportunities Activities, employment, training, entrepreneurship, volunteering and professional development.

🌎 Migration & mobility Information and pathways for gay migrants, refugees and displaced people.

🤝 Community Activities, opportunities for participation and spaces that strengthen social connection.

Wellbeing also matters

Being gay does not require performing one version of masculinity

There is no single correct way to look, behave, dress, love or express masculinity.

Gays X also creates space to question prejudice and pressure surrounding bodies, age, gender expression, economic status, appearance and the ways people choose to live their sexual orientation.

Our principle

Your sexual orientation does not determine what your masculinity should look like — or your worth inside or outside the community.

Information without stigma

Talking about HIV and sexual health is also talking about rights

Gays X promotes responsible access to sexual-health and prevention information without treating HIV as an identity attached to gay men or reproducing the stigma historically directed at our communities.

Prevention Make reliable prevention information and service pathways easier to reach.

No stigma Challenge prejudice against people living with HIV and reinforce dignity and rights.

Referral Connect people who need specialized information with VIHX and other appropriate resources.

When information is not enough

Community is connected to specialized support

Gays X does not replace professional care. When legal, psychological, health or human-mobility needs arise, you can use the relevant institutional pathway directly.

Sexual health & prevention

❤️ VIHX

Information on combination prevention, HIV, sexual health, stigma, rights and relevant health pathways.

Rights & justice

⚖️ Legal Rights Program

If you have experienced discrimination, violence or another possible rights violation, use Silueta X’s institutional reporting pathway.

Mental health

🧠 Centro Psico X

Psychological-support information and professional pathways through Silueta X’s psychosocial unit.

Migration & displacement

🌎 Juntxs Migramos

Information for LGBT+ migrants, refugees and displaced people requiring orientation.

Economic autonomy

💼 Cámara Plus Ecuador

Connections to entrepreneurship, training, productivity and economic-autonomy initiatives.

Get involved

🤝 Tech Labs X

Volunteering, internships, professional participation, technology and talent within the Silueta X ecosystem.

For donors, funders and international partners

Funding community means sustaining the infrastructure that connects people with rights.

A WhatsApp community may look simple. Its real value lies in the institutional network behind it: information, prevention, early identification of needs, referrals, documentation, participation and advocacy.

Access A simple entry point for people who may not yet know which service they need.

Trust Make first contact easier before someone needs a formal institutional pathway.

Prevention Deliver information before health concerns, discrimination or violence become more severe.

Participation Hear directly from the community about emerging barriers, concerns and opportunities.

Why population-specific communities matter

“LGBT+” is not one experience

Broad LGBT+ programs remain essential, but the experiences of a trans woman, a trans man, a lesbian or a gay man are not interchangeable.

Population-specific networks can make differences in health, violence, discrimination, aging, migration, employment, mental wellbeing and social participation easier to identify.

Better listening produces better responses.

Our community model

Community → Information → Identification → Connection

Community

An accessible first point of contact with Silueta X.

Information

Rights, wellbeing, prevention, opportunities and activities.

Identification

Recognize when a situation requires specialized support.

Connection

Guide the person toward the appropriate service, program or resource.

Want to contribute?

Your skills, knowledge or time can strengthen this community

If you want to contribute to Gays X or another Silueta X initiative, volunteering, internships and professional participation are centralized through Tech Labs X.

Tech Labs X

Volunteers · Internships · Professionals · Technology · Talent

Contribute your skills

This space can be yours too

If you are a gay man, you can begin simply by connecting.

Join to learn about activities, receive information, discover opportunities and connect with other members of the community.

💬 Join Gays X

The WhatsApp group currently operates primarily in Spanish. Gays X is a community and information space and does not replace medical, psychological, legal or emergency services.

Support LGBT+ community infrastructure

Help us keep the pathways between community and rights open

Your support strengthens Asociación Silueta X’s community and human-rights infrastructure: information, prevention, documentation, referrals, participation and advocacy.

A WhatsApp group is a simple tool. The network behind it is what can turn one question into information, one concern into support, or one recurring barrier into evidence for change.

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