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Gay hookup and cruising app in Los Angeles

Now open in Los Angeles

yoBreeder is a gay hookup and cruising app for men looking for action, for tops, breeders, and the men who want them. It is for men who want more than just oral: penetration, intercourse, the full experience. If you are looking for just oral, this won't be your match, and it says so up front, so nobody wastes a night finding out.

It runs in your browser. No app to install, no app store listing, and nothing on your home screen unless you put it there yourself.

One honest note. yoBreeder started in South Florida, in Wilton Manors, Fort Lauderdale and Miami, and it is new in Los Angeles. New men are joining, it is free, and Browse shows every one of them nearest first, so you never have to wonder who is being hidden from you.

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A city where distance is measured in minutes

Los Angeles is not one gay neighbourhood. It is a dozen of them spread across a basin, a valley and a coastline, joined by freeways that decide whether a man four miles away is fifteen minutes away or fifty. That is the single most important fact about hooking up here, and it is why yoBreeder sorts every member by distance before anything else.

It is also a city with a long gay history of its own. In 1967, two years before Stonewall, gay men in Silver Lake took to the street to protest a police raid, and West Hollywood, wrapped inside Los Angeles, has been its own city with its own gay politics since 1984.

What you get

Everyone, nearest first

Browse shows every member near you, sorted by distance. In a city this size, that is the only order that makes sense.

Say it, don't type it

Tell Cypher out loud what you want and it finds the men whose profiles match, instead of making you set six filters.

Send your location when you're ready

Once you have talked, one tap in a private chat sends him exactly where you are, with directions. Only to him, only when you choose.

Where the men in Los Angeles are

The gay map of LA is spread out. These are the parts of it men come from.

West Hollywood

Santa Monica Boulevard and the Rainbow District. Small, dense and one of the best known gay strips in the country. It has its own page.

Silver Lake and Echo Park

The east side. Older gay history, younger crowd, hills and bungalows, and a lot of men who would never go to WeHo on a Saturday.

Hollywood

Between the two. Apartments, visitors and men who work nights.

Downtown and the Arts District

Towers and lofts full of men who work long hours and want something close.

The Valley

North Hollywood, Studio City, Sherman Oaks. Residential, over the hill, and a lot more discreet.

Long Beach

Its own city on the coast to the south, with a big, settled gay community. Far enough from Hollywood to be its own world.

Cruising in Los Angeles

The bars and the clubs are spread across the whole basin, and none of them tells you what a man wants before you have driven there, parked and paid for it. In a city where getting anywhere is an hour, that is a lot to spend on a guess.

yoBreeder turns that around. You find out who is nearby and what he is after first, from your couch, your car, or the patio you are already sitting on, and only then decide whether he is worth the drive.

And the bars close. yoBreeder doesn't.

Who yoBreeder is for here

Tops, breeders, and the men who want them, across the whole of Los Angeles County. LA mixes men who live here, men in for work, and men in for a weekend. yoBreeder does not sort them for you. It shows you all of them by distance and lets the profiles say what each man is after.

It is also a city where plenty of men work in jobs where their private life is nobody's business. That is what an app is for.

How it works

1. Join

An email, your birthday and what you are into. No city to type, it works that out.

2. Look

Every member near you, nearest first. Not a sample, not a paywalled list. Everyone.

3. Say it

Tell Cypher what you are after and it matches you on it.

4. Meet

Message anyone. When you are ready, send him your location and meet wherever suits you both.

Getting a reply

Put a photo up. Men with one get answered far more often than men without, and the app will tell you so rather than leave you guessing. A short profile video counts too.

Say something specific. One message that mentions what he actually wrote does better than "hey" to twenty men. And look at the distance on every card. In Los Angeles, the man ten minutes away shows up. The man across the city means it and then looks at the 405.

When Los Angeles is busiest

Evenings and late nights, Thursday through Saturday most of all, and Sunday afternoons in the parts of town with patios. Pride season at the start of June, with WeHo Pride on Santa Monica Boulevard and LA Pride in Hollywood, and Halloween in West Hollywood are the biggest weekends of the year. Early evening on a weeknight is quieter, and quiet has its uses, because you are one of the few faces on the first screen.

Coming from South Florida, or going there

If you go back and forth between Los Angeles and South Florida, for work, for the winter or for Pride, yoBreeder works the same in both places: Browse starts from wherever you are standing. In LA you see the men near you. Land in Miami or Fort Lauderdale and the men there are already on it, because South Florida is where yoBreeder began.

Why yoBreeder, when you are already on the other apps

Every hookup app says it is for everyone, which is how you spend a week finding out somebody wanted something different from you. yoBreeder says who it is for on the door. Men who want just oral are told plainly this isn't their app. That loses us signups and saves everybody the week. If you want to know where the name comes from, here is what "breeder" means, and here is how Breeder, Receiver and Both work on the app.

Grindr

The biggest, and a grid of everyone with no stated purpose, so you find out what a man wants by asking. Free accounts see a capped list.

Sniffies

A live map, and very good at cruising in the moment. It is about where he is; yoBreeder is about what he wants.

Scruff, Jack'd and the rest

General apps with a type attached. The app never says what it is for, so every conversation has to work it out.

yoBreeder

One purpose, stated publicly: more than just oral. Everyone visible, free messaging, voice search, nothing to install. Smaller than all of them, and honest about that too.

Staying private in Los Angeles

yoBreeder never shows an exact pin. Every member's position is blurred by between half a mile and a mile and a quarter before it leaves our server, so the map puts you in your part of town and never on your doorstep. The only way anyone sees exactly where you are is if you send it to him yourself, in a private chat.

There is no app on your home screen with a name on it, and you can delete your account yourself from your own profile, without emailing anybody.

Questions

Is yoBreeder free in Los Angeles?

Yes. A profile, browsing every member near you and messaging are all free. Premium is optional, costs $7 a month, and adds extras like incognito mode and video calling. It never unlocks people.

Is yoBreeder active in Los Angeles yet?

yoBreeder started in South Florida and is new in Los Angeles, and new men are joining. Browse shows every member nearest first, with no capped list and no paywall, so whoever is on near you is the first thing you see.

Do I need to download an app?

No. yoBreeder runs in your phone browser at yobreeder.com. There is nothing to install and nothing named on your home screen unless you choose to add it.

Which parts of Los Angeles does this cover?

All of it. Silver Lake and Echo Park, West Hollywood and Hollywood, Downtown, the Valley, Long Beach and everywhere between. yoBreeder does not split a metro into separate areas; it shows you every member near you, nearest first.

Can people see where I live?

No. Every member's position is blurred by between half a mile and a mile and a quarter before it leaves our server, so the map shows your area and never your address. You can choose to send your exact location to one man in a private chat. That is the only way anyone sees it.

I travel between LA and South Florida. Does it work in both?

Yes. Browse always starts from where you are. In Los Angeles you see the men near you, and when you land in Miami or Fort Lauderdale, where yoBreeder started, you see the men who are already there.

Who is yoBreeder for?

Tops, breeders, and the men who want them. Men looking for more than just oral: penetration, intercourse, the full experience. It says so on the door, so everyone on it is looking for the same thing.

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