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The My Photos page lets you save up to 25 photos, add captions, and make any photo private so you can control who sees it. Ready for your close up? Upload a photo now!

Photos are uploaded using the Photo Manager tool when editing your profile. A Basic Member can upload a total of 25 photos and can classify those photos as public, private or adult. Keep in mind that adult and private photos can only be viewed by Premium Members. However, even a Premium Member can't view a private photo until you give that member permission. Your primary photo, the photo that displays throughout the site in chat, mini profile, mail, etc., can only be a public photo that has been rated by gay.com. Your primary photo cannot be an adult photo. However, your primary photo may be private but only viewable by Premium Members that you have unlocked the photo for. Basic Members or Premium Member's who have not unlocked your private photo for will see a private photo mask.

Please make sure your photos are in one of the following formats: jpeg, png, bmp, gif and jpg. Photos that are not in the correct format or those files that are very large will not upload properly and may result in an error.

If the photo or photo caption is cut off, resize your window to see the full photo or photo caption.

If your photo includes adult content, you must select this option when you upload the photo. Not tagging your photos appropriately could cause your photo to be deleted and, in severe cases, the deletion of your account. More information about adult photos is below.

• File size: 5 MB or less
• File type: BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG or PNG
• All photos must meet our Community Guidelines

If the photo does not upload correctly, the file may be too large or it may be an invalid file type. Photos must be 5 MB or less and be in BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG or PNG format. If the file is too large, you will need to resize it.

• Right click on your file.
• Select "Properties" from the menu items.
• The size of the file is displayed on the "General" tab.

• Select the file
• Select "Get Info" from the File Menu
• The size will be listed

NOTE: Alternatively, you can select the file and hit Command + "I" for Get Info or right click on the file and select Get Info.

You may upload up to 25 photos.

Every member has a primary photo, which is the first photo other members will see on your profile, in Group Chat and IM, and in search results. You can choose to make any public photo that has been reviewed by gay.com your primary photo. An adult photo cannot be a primary photo. However, you can make your primary photo private. If your primary photo is private only Premium Members that you have granted permission to view your private photo will be able to see it.

Any member, 18 years or older, can upload adult photos to their profile, but only gay.com Premium Members can see them. If you do not identify an adult photo as being adult, gay.com will do it for you. You may also make an adult photo private if you want more control over who can see it.

Depictions of the naked body, including individuals in sexual postures or activities and sexual engagements between or among individuals, are acceptable for member-publication via gay.com Personals. Every depiction that falls into this category must be identified as "adult" by you, the user.

Member submissions that warrant further investigation and that are subject to immediate removal from the site include depictions or descriptions of violence, bestiality, incest, child pornography and an other objectionable violations of law or user safety. Depictions that fall into the category of unacceptable adult materials are ultimately subject to gay.com's litmus test of violation, not the user's personal opinion.

gay.com reserves the right but is not obligated to remove any profile, including content and images, which we deem inappropriate for the site and its viewers. Further, all content and images are subject to removal, if they are otherwise in conflict with our gay.com User Agreement. To the extent that anything here conflicts with the user agreement, that document controls.

Please see our Community Guidelines for more information on adult photos.

You can ask a member directly via Mail or IM to unlock their private photos for you. If the member chooses to allow you to view, you will receive a message granting access to the photo. NOTE: The ability to see other member's private photos is only available to gay.com Premium Members.

This is because you are not a Premium Member. Premium Members enjoy a variety of services on gay.com including the ability to view private photos.

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Any member can make a photo private by selecting the appropriate checkbox when they upload or edit a photo on the My Photos page.

Member-uploaded images can be up to 5MB in size. Our largest display size is 572 x 572 pixels (the size as it appears on your photo detail page). If the images you uploaded are not displaying at that size, it could be because your photo source file is of a smaller size. Simply delete the smaller photo file from your gay.com profile and upload a larger photo file to see it display in the larger size. Square images tend to display the best.

Premium Members can view all photos displayed in a profile, whether public or adult. Premium Members may also view private photos once a member has provided permission to view private photos.

Public photos are visible to anyone viewing your gay.com Personals profile. Private photos are hidden from public view. You decide which photos you want to be private and you also decide who you want to have access to your private photos. If you have private photos a "private photo" icon will appear in place of the actual photo when viewed by another member.

Whether public or private, all photos must comply with the gay.com User Agreement. Both public and private photos must be identified as adult if the depictions fall into this definition. See the next question for information about adult photos.

Depictions of the naked body, including individuals in sexual postures or activities and sexual engagement between or among individuals are acceptable for member publication via the gay.com Premium personals product. Every depiction that falls into this category must be identified as "adult" by you, the user. Both public and private photos must be identified as adult if the depictions fall into this definition.

gay.com reserves the right, but is not obligated, to designate profile photos or images as "adult" content or to remove any profile, including content and images, which we deem inappropriate for this site and its viewers.

While we celebrate the diversity of the LGBT community, we do not permit certain pictures that we believe would place our business or our members at risk.

The types of images or pictures we may immediately remove in our sole discretion are:

• Copyrighted images where it's clear that you do not own the copyright or have permission to use; this includes cartoons and other images you may have found and downloaded while searching the web.
• Pictures of children, including pictures of you as a child. (We realize you may have the best of intentions, but in interest of keeping children safe online it is best to avoid uploading any child photos).
• An animal in any sexual position.
• Any drug paraphernalia or icons, including "poppers".
• Any sort of nudity and/or sexual activity that you did not mark as "Adult".
• Any pictures where an erection is clearly visible (clothed or not) that you did not mark as "Adult".
• Any "scat" pictures. No "water sports" or urination pictures allowed.
• Any photos depicting blood or violence, including photos of guns, knives, razors, etc.

When you are in gay.com Group Chat, move your mouse over a member's name or photo and a Mini Profile will pop up. The Mini Profile includes a thumbnail of the member's primary photo, the member's chat bio, and additional links. Click Check out Photos to see the member's public photos or the View Full Profile link to see the member's complete profile. You may also link to a member's profile and photos by clicking on the profile link from a member's search result.

Private photos on gay.com are shown to other members by unlocking them. You can lock and unlock photos for specific members from your My Photos page. When viewing another member's profile, for whom you would like to unlock your private photos, simply click on the "Unlock My Photos" link in the action center at the top of the member profile. Once you click the link you will be taken to your photo gallery page and you can select the specific photo you would like to unlock.

Only Premium Members can see all public photos, adult photos, and private photos that have been unlocked for them by the owner. If you're a Basic Member, you will only be able to see the member's primary, non-adult photo. Basic Members are not allowed to see private photos even after a member has unlocked their private photos.

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