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VELVET-CLUB is the social & business lifestyle club for lesbian and bi-women looking to make new friends, meet their perfect partner & increase their business contacts. VELVET-CLUB has over 70,000 members/subscribers - Memberships available include:
VELVET-CLUB VISITORS (ONLINE)
- Quick Search: search unlimited member profiles
- Photo Gallery Search: search members main profile image & click to view personal profiles
- UK LGBTQ Events Calendar: monthly guide to UK LGBT social, sporting & business events
- Business Directory: search our directory of LGBTQ owned/friendly businesses looking to provide services & products to members, subscribers & visitors
- E-cards: send unlimited e-cards & personalise your message by selecting images & fonts ++
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- Create Your Personal Profile: create your profile with up to 3 images. Profiles with a main image are listed in front of those without one.
- Quick Search: search unlimited personal profiles across 4 fields of info
- PhotoGallery Search: search members main profile images & click to view personal profiles
- MailBox: send & receive unlimited private messages per day from members
- My Account: make changes to your personal profile & business listing, contact details & images & check messages
- UK LGBTQ Events Calendar: monthly guide to UK LGBTQ social, sporting & business events
- Business Directory: register your business listing & search our directory of LGBTQ owned/friendly businesses in the UK providing services & products to members, subscribers & visitors. Velvet-Club members personal profile & business listing are not linked on the website
- E-cards: send unlimited e-cards, personalise your message by selecting images & fonts ++
- Special Offers: receive details of special offers available to members
- Competitions & Prizes: receive details of competitions & prizes available to members
VELVET-CLUB GOLD MEMBERS (ONLINE) - Coming Soon
- Create Your Personal Profile: create your profile with up to 6 images. Profiles with a main image are listed in front of those without one.
- Priority Ranking of Your Personal Profile: gold member profiles are listed before silver member profiles in search results. Profiles of gold members with an image are listed before profiles of gold members without an image
- Priority Ranking in PhotoGallery Search: a main profile image needs to be uploaded to be included in PhotoGallery - gold members are listed before silver members in the photo gallery search results.
- Priority Ranking Business Directory Listing: gold member business directory listings will be listed before silver member business directory listings in the search results. Velvet-Club members personal profiles & business listings are not linked on the website. So boost your business & list it in our directory of LGBT owned/friendly businesses looking to provide services & products to our members, subscribers & visitors.
- Quick Search: search unlimited personal profiles across 4 fields of info - gold members listed first
- PhotoGallery Search: search members images & click to view member profiles - gold members listed first
- MailBox: send & receive unlimited private messages per day from members
- My Account: make changes to your personal profile & business listing, contact details & images & check messages
- UK LGBTQ Events Calendar: monthly guide to LGBTQ social, sporting & business events in the UK
- E-cards: send unlimited e-cards, personalise your message by selecting images & fonts ++
- Special Offers: receive details of special offers only available to members
- Competitions & Prizes: receive details of competitions & prizes available to members
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- 03 Oct– Eleonora Duse (1858–1924), Italian actress
- 04 Oct – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942–), Icelandic politician, former Prime Minister of Iceland, world's first openly gay head of government
- 08 Oct – Kristanna Loken (1979–), American model & actress
- 11 Oct – Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), former First Lady of the USA & human rights activist
- 15 Oct – Jenna Talackova, Canadian beauty pageant contestant, model & TV personality
- 17 Oct – Laura Nyro (1947–1997), American songwriter, singer & pianist
- 18 Oct – Brittney Griner (1990–), American basketball player
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- 22 Oct – Saffron Burrows (1972–), English actress
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- 27 Oct – Katherine Bradley (1846–1914), English poet
- 28 Oct – Caitlyn Jenner (1949–), American TV personality & Olympic Gold Medalist in Decathlon (1976)
- 29 Oct – Michelle Brooke-Marciniak (1973–), American business executive, former WNBA basketball player
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