Among the board of directors are the Oslo-politician Håkon Haugli (Oslo bystyre), who is the leader of the Norwegian Gay and Lesbian Social Democrats (GALSD) in Arbeiderpartiet.
The website also deletes the accounts of the users who make agreements for paid sex when reported without warning.
Gaysir became Norway's dominating website for gays after the web community Radiator, run by Helseutvalget for homofile, was shut down in 2002.
The winner was the chairman of the city council of Oslo, Erling Lae and the handball player Gro Hammerseng.
[13][14] The deputy mayor of Trondheim, Knut Fagerbakke (SV), arranged it so that the link was put back up.
[16] Karita Bekkemellem, who was the minister of Children and Equality Affairs on November 10, 2007, sent a letter to 13 big municipalities, where they were encouraged to make similar action plans as Oslo.
Gaysir, at that point, still had advertisers with webshops that showed hard core pornography pictures on film covers that were for sale on DVD and VHS.
These film covers were visible with no censorship or login restrictions, and were described by Nordisk nettverk for ekteskapet[18] and in a number of newspapers (Dagen, Magazinet, Norge idag, Vårt Land, Nettavisen) in various detail.
It was also referred to several examples from the advertiser's websites, such as somewhat rude titles on some of the films that were offered for sale, and a sex club where one could read messages with very direct descriptions.
With its 35 000 medlemmer per November 2007, Gaysir Interaktiv is a central meeting ground for the Norwegian gay community.